Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him (Quality: Good)

[0:00] I would direct your minds this evening to a word you will find in the prophecy of Isaiah.

[0:12] The prophecy of Isaiah chapter 3 and the first clause in verse 10 Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with him.

[0:35] Isaiah chapter 3 verse 10 We'll read the all of us Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with him for they shall heed the fruit of their doings.

[0:55] There is a solemn word previous to our text and a word that follows The previous, the show of their countenance doth witness against them and they declare their sin as solemn.

[1:28] They hide it not. Woe unto their soul For they have rewarded evil unto themselves And in the following verse Woe unto the wicked It shall be ill with him For the reward of his hands shall be given him Very strange this word we've taken for a text between those two verses in respect of the wicked And as I've read this word Solem Solem It causes one to think a little of that city that God destroyed because of the wickedness of Solem

[2:31] And we can see the electing love of God as there was one in that city Solem whose name was recorded in heaven Lot And how the angel Or we might say God himself Went into Solem And took him by the hand And brought him out Your first thought may be Well, what about his wife?

[3:17] And what about his two daughters? Well, we read That in Peter Epistle Just lot Oh, that he lectened up And then The Lord What did he do?

[3:41] Because of the sin And the wickedness of it He destroyed it By fire And all the inhabitants And all that lot Possessed in providence Destroyed Oh, this shows us Dear friends The anger of God Against sin Oh, thou hideous Monsters Sin What a curse Is thou brought in All creations Grown through thee Pleasant cause Of misery And this Then In the following verse To our text Woe Unto the wicked

[4:42] It shall be ill with him For the reward Of his hands Shall be given him For the reward For the reward Of his hands It shall be given him What?

[4:57] Well, dear friends It's the wrath of God With our text Say ye to the righteous Well, we know That according to the word of God And some of us Have been deeply shown Shown to us by the Spirit The third person In the Trinity That we by nature Are sinful The word tells us We were all born in sin Shapened in iniquity And came forth from the womb Speaking thys Some of you may be ready

[5:57] To say that's not me But it is It is I've quoted that word Sin Oh, thou hideous Monster sin What a curse Hast thou brought in All creations Grown through thee Prevent cause of misery And therefore We were born In the same condition If we do fear God We are born in that same condition As the world The worldling And those who know Nothing of righteousness With a deceitful heart Heart deceitful above all things And desperately wicked We each Have a nature That is carnal We have a nature

[7:00] That is in us That is against Everything That is holy And righteous We have that nature In us That those Who blaspheme The name of Jesus Even when he was here On earth And what do they say He is a deceiver Blasphemer What else Away with him Crucify him Away with him Now friends I've mentioned these things Because that nature Within them Is in us And it will be Until we breathe Our last But our text Which I desire To come to Say ye To the righteous Well No doubt Your thoughts Go in this direction If I am

[8:01] One That you have spoken of Where is the righteousness Well Can you find it In yourself Where is the righteousness Where is the holiness If we each Were born in sin And shapened In iniquity We can hear difference With a word Often thought of And spoken And read In the gospel Of John Ye must be born again To enter into The kingdom of God Bearing behind That little word That little word Has sunk deep In some of our hearts Ye must No way around it

[9:02] No way over it Ye must be born again Now Can you Quicken your soul In and of yourself As many today They say Well If I'm in my ways And And be honest And faithful And And attend a place Of worship And sing his praises And read his word And so on It will be well Dear friends We may do all this And yet be lost I must be honest Ye must be born again To enter into The kingdom of God By the help of God I desire to come closer To the word of our text Speaking of the righteous So

[10:03] We cannot do Anything In and of ourselves In the matter Of righteousness Do you agree You may not That I must leave The righteousness Is in the Lord Jesus Christ Without me As the words Of Jesus himself Without me He can do Nothing Any so We cannot Quicken our souls Into spiritual life If we Just for a few moments Perhaps speak of a few That was quickened Into life That's recorded In the Holy Scriptures We all know Something of the life Of the Apostle Paul

[11:03] Go back a few years In his experience Was he righteous He lived the spirit Of the Pharisee And did he not Give his voice To those That even Jesus Might be Crucified And those That feared God Saints Those whom the Lord Had blessed Previously That they should be Put to death Because of their Profession Of Christ There was a man Saul Far from God In his belief But On the way To Damascus There was a change The spirit

[12:04] Entered into his Soul There was a coming down There was a Quickening operation Of the spirit He was born Of God And the Lord Spake to him So Saul Why Persecute This Only It is hard For thee To kick Against the Bricks There was a change Wrought in his Heart We may go On To speak Of others Dear friends The man Up in the Sycamore tree He had a Natural desire For Christ He wanted To see him But when Jesus Came to the Spot he Called Come down Come down It's a day Of salvation And he Was Quickened Into life You might Take The poor Woman Who came To the Well

[13:04] To draw Water Natural Water Having no Desire And have No knowledge Of living Waters That we Try to pray For And have A touch Ourselves But the Lord came At least Jesus Was there For us Nothing Up hazard Dear friends It was The appointed Time It is The appointed Time For every One of his Dear people Redeemed On calvary's Cross To be Called For that Heavenly Calling Wherefore Holy Bread and Partakers Of the Heavenly Calling Now this Is another Step towards This experience Of our text Of being Righteous When we Received That heavenly Calling There is

[14:05] A principle That is Divine Holy Dropped By God Into Our Souls I speak With reverence But it is As simple As that Difference Yes But it is By the Grace Of God Oh We have To confirm It again And again With those Words By grace Are ye Saved Through faith And that Not of Yourselves It is The gift The gift Of God So spiritual Life Is a gift Of God And it Is Without A doubt So our Text this Evening Speaks Say ye To the Righteous These People Who have Been Given

[15:05] Holiness Righteousness Within The soul I would Speak With Revolence I would Speak Thankfully I would Speak To you Enough Without Without it Where should We spend Eternity But with It Where should We spend Eternity It Will Be With God In That Place That you And I Hope To dwell In Through Eternity Glory Heaven Will These Righteous People Say Ye To the Righteous That it Shall Be Well With Them Why

[16:07] This Comforting Word Given By God To the Prophet To Deliver Unto The Righteous Say Ye To The Righteous Because The Lord Knew That These People Would Be Mourners Over Sin Because When The Spirit Quickens The Soul There's A Light Divine Light Enters Into Our Heart Into The Soul Manifesting What We Are As I Mentioned As Sinners In The Sight Of God And That's The Reason Shall I Say With All Effleness The Lord Jesus Came He He Came For Not To Save The Righteous The Pharisee Righteous In Their Own Eyes But Sinners To Bring Them To Repent Of

[17:07] Their Sins And Seek Forgiveness These Are The People In The Text We Are To Say To The Righteous We Are To Preach To The Righteous Because God Knew That They Would Be Mourners And That Wonderful Sermon Christ Priest Upon The Mount Blessed Are They That Mourn For They Shall Be Comfited In The Fortieth Chapter Of This Prophecy We Read The Lord Sent His Prophet What To Preach Comfort Ye Comfort Ye My People Seth Your God Speak Ye Comfortably Unto Jerusalem That Her Warfare Is Accomplished Their Iniquities Pardoned That She Might Receive Double From The Hand Of Our God

[18:07] So These People Named In Our Text As Being Righteous They Are Brought To Know Under The Light Of The Spirit Of Truth That They Are Sinners And So Did The Apostle Paul The Apostle Paul He Known He Felt To Be The Chiefest Of Sinners The Poor Man We Read Of At Times The Publican He Known Otherwise It Would Not Have Been His Cry His Prayer God Be Merciful To Be To Be A Sinner The Woman Who Went To The Pharisee's House Knowing That Christ Would Be There What She Go For To See Him Why Because She Knew There's Mercy In Him And She Wanted That Mercy And She Wanted Forgiveness

[19:08] Of Her Sins Have I Quoted This Afternoon This Evening Or This Morning Those Words In The Epistle Of John If We Confess Our Sins He Is Faithful And Just To Forgive Us Our Sins And To Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness Now If We Have Some Knowledge Dear Friends Of Our Sin And Our Sins Are A Burden What We After Who Do We Go To To A Creature Not To A Arm Afresh Could Not Confidence In Man And Therefore These People Taught By The Spirit They Make Their Way To The Place Where The Lord Has Said He Would Hear Their Prayers As To The Mercy Seat

[20:08] The Throne Of Christ And Just Another Thought Here Respecting Prayer Prayer Indicted By The Lord The Lord Will Surely Hear Our Prayers Will Must And Will Go Through As It Were The Years And The Heart Of The Mediator For You Will Remember As Jesus Died Rose Again From The Dead And As Father Has Placed Him On His Right Hand In Glory To Be The Mediator And Therefore Our Petitions Unto The Father Must Be Conveyed Through His Dear Son The

[21:08] Mediator And Thus They Are Cleansed In His Blood Presented To His Father Prayer As Prayer And The Father Would Give Sanction To The Answer Of Those Petitions My Friends Glorious Is The Gospel And The Plan Of Semation Say Ye To The Righteous So These People Righteous They Are Brought To The Feet Of Christ In Prayer Feeling Their Sin And Knowing What Poor Things We Are The Lord By His Grace Causes Us To Know And Realize That We Are Poor In Spirit And The Lord Has Given Another Cheering Word As You Know In That Same Sermon He Priest Upon The

[22:09] Mount Now These People These Righteous People Blessed Blessed Are They That Mourn And Blessed Are They That Hunger And Blessed Are The Meek Yes They Are Blessed People Say Say Ye To The Righteous So There Is A Going To The Mercy Seat The Throne Of Grace Pleading His Name Pleading His Help And These Poor People They Can't Do Without Him Give Me Christ They Say Else I Die Jesus Is The One Thing Need For I Without Him Perish Must These Are The People That Shall Be Saved With Ever Resting

[23:09] Salvation These Are The People That Numbered Around The Righteous And They Are Righteous In The Sight Of God Nothing Of Themselves But The Righteousness Is In His Dearest Son Jesus Christ Because The Father Views His Chosen His People In And Through Christ And No Other Way In The First Verse Of Romans Chapter Eight Now Therefore There Is No Condemnation Other Than That Are In Christ Jesus Never Ask Be Because They Been In Christ From All Eternity And They Ever Will Be Elected Now You May Be Some Of You Falling Out Saying Well Election Election Many

[24:11] Do But Remember Oh How Plain It Is Jacob Of I Loved Esau Of I Hated Elected Elected Up Not I Mentioned Where All The Rest Were Destroyed Elected Up In The Ninth Of Romans We Read Something Like This About The Potter As Christ Jesus Is The Potter He Can Make One Clay One As It Were Molded Into Wroth And Another Egon Mold For Heaven Elected Up Perhaps I Am Drifting A Little Too Far Away From My Text Say Ye To The Righteous I

[25:14] Don't Know If You Remember That We Read This Evening In That Psalm Thirty Thirty Three Rejoice In The Lord O Ye Righteous For Praise Is Comely For The Uplight So There's Another Side Besides Mourning Over Our Sins Rejoice In The Lord Ye Righteous They Have Every Cause To To Rejoice In Him If We Could Only Realize More And View By Faith Calvary And That Dear Man Hanging Upon That Cross At Calvary Suffering Suffering Well The Poet Couldn't Explain It Better

[26:14] What He Endured No Tongue Can Tell To Save Our Souls From Death And Out There He Hung Upon That Accursed Tree There He Suffered There He Suffered Angrily Far From Many Words Of Man We Little Know His Suffering In The Garden Of Gethsemane Nor Nor A Calvary Who For People In The Text Righteous No Wonder The Holy Spirit Sends His Prophet For Say Ye To The Righteous It Shall Be Well With So Jesus Christ Dear Friends

[27:14] Died On Calvary's Cross An Awful Death But He Bore The Sins Called Them His Own He Claimed Those Sins Of The Righteous As Been His Sins And In His Love And Mercy Bore Those Sins In His Body In His Heart And Soul These Are The People In The Text Say Ye To The Righteous It Shall Be Well With It Because As I Fulfilled The Lord I Have Removed The Anger The Anger Of My Father That Holy Anger By His Coming By His Suffering He Has Removed

[28:15] It Is It Word He Fulfilled The Law Open The Way I Am The Way The Truth And The Life Says Jesus And True He Is Say Ye Then To The Righteous And Not Only Dear Friends Did He Suffer There But He Opened The Fountain A Fountain Not All The Blood Of Beasts On Jewish Or To Slain Could Give A Guilty Conscience He Or Wash Away One Stain But That Fountain Opened A Fountain In His Own Blood It Removes It Removes The Very Stain Of Sin Within Our Spirit As The Only Thing Can Remove It Is The Only Thing It Can Give These Dear People Ease In Their

[29:15] Heart Upon Their Conscience Knowing That Jesus That Precious Blood He Can Can Remove I Said At Times It May Be When One And Another Having Some Deep Stain In a Cross Of Some Kind Close It May And You Have Tried To Move It You Can't The Stain Is There Dear Friends What is That Compared With The Stain Of Sin Within Our Conscience Upon Our Heart But The Blood Of Christ Can Move It Wash Me I Believe I Quoted It This Evening Wash Me And Make Me Whiter Than Snow No One Day The Lord By His Spirit

[30:15] Sent His Prophet To Say To The Righteous It Shall Be Well Shall Be Well With You So These People They Pray And They Are Brought To Rejoice As I Said And As We Pray In The Lord O Ye Righteous For Praise Is Comely For The Upright And The Dear Psalmist Goes On I Believe Dear Friends He Was Tasting A Little Of This Love Of Christ In His Heart When He Penned This Pinned This Psalm Praise The Lord With Heart Sing Unto Him With A Sortery And With An Instrument Of Ten String Sing Unto Him A New Song Pray Skillfully With A Loud Noise

[31:15] For The Word Of The Lord Is Right And All His Works In The Way Of Salvation And Others In Providence As Well As In Grace Are Done In Truth He Loveth Righteousness And Judgment The Earth Is Full Of The Goodness Of The Lord By The Word Of The Lord Were The Heavens Made And All The Host Of Them By The Breath Of His Path And We Have Read Also This Evening To This Psalm Of The Righteous Blessed Is The Nation Whose God Is The Lord And The People Whom He Hath Chosen For His Own

[32:15] Inheritance I Don't Know If I Should Say This Or Not That Was The First Text I Ever Spoke From Blessed Is The Nation Whose God Is The Lord And The People Whom He Hath Chosen For His Own Inheritance Twenty Five Years Ago This Day Say Ye The Righteous It Shall Be Well Within These People Then Rejoice In In The Lord Jesus Christ Yea In The Trinity Father Son And Holy Spirit Dear Friends If Their Heart Is Centered In The Precious

[33:15] Gospel Certainly We Are Among The Righteous By The Grace And Love Of Christ Say Ye To The Righteous This Morning As Most Of You Know We As Trying To Speak From The Word Of Job He Knoweth The Way That I Take And When After He Be Thried He Would Come Forth As Gold We Named A Few Of The Experiences Of These People Who Are Called Righteous In Our Text In Our Morning Sermon That Their Steps

[34:17] Are Ordered By The Lord The Steps Of The Good Men Are Ordered By The Lord And That Refers To Our Text This Evening Say Ye To The Righteous It Shall Be Well With Him They Brought To Trust In Him Trust In They They They Brought To Lean Upon Him They Brought To Rest Upon The Foundation And As You Know There Is A Foundation The Foundation Is This Jesus Can You Say Dear Friends This Evening My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less Than Jesus Blood And Righteousness As A

[35:18] Sure Foundation That Cannot Fail Nothing Can Move It Satan Has Tried And Tried Again He Fails He Will Fail It's Christ Jesus And If Your And My Hope Is Built On Him My Friends If He Is The Foundation It Will Be Well We May Have Some Trials Afflictions And Sorrows To Pass Through But It Will Be Well He Is The Foundation Jesus Christ My Hope Is Built Think Of It Not On Nothing Less Than Jesus Blood And Righteousness This Is Where These People Come To This Is What They These People Believe Say To The Righteous It Shall Be Well It Will Be It Will Be And Then Again The Lord Jesus Is The Sheltering The Price of

[36:28] These Dear People We sang the other evening a canterbury of thee that blessed hymn Rock of ages shelter me let me hide myself in thee let the water and the blood from thy wounded side which flow may your sin the double cure cleanse me from its guilt and power.

[36:45] There's a resting place in Christ dear friend and a sheltering place and he's the same to die as he was to those dear prophets and his chosen years upon even the psalmist.

[37:03] There's a time as you'll remember as we read at times where he was in danger with absence. There was a time as we read the pain and he was in danger with the psalmist.

[37:16] There was a shouting place and some of you know what this is. you turn in your troubled and in your deep distress at times over various things maybe in providence, maybe in grace but you find there's no other shot but in Jesus Christ and his wounded sight that it shall be well just a thought or two here it shall can, oh I speak with reverence can God die now everything he says is faithful every promise given earful filled every bell if I might so put it earful filled if he has spoken to you in the days of the past

[38:19] I have redeemed thee thou art mine though you may be in sorrow and darkness of soul but he's faithful did I speak just a word or two this morning I believe respecting Abraham and there the Lord gave Abraham a message respecting his or a promise respecting his son Isaac and the Lord fulfilled that promise so her text speaks that it shall be well with the righteous it shall oh the devil is trying to deceive creatures on the earth he goeth about as a roaring lion ready to devour but he can't destroy the righteous there ever hundreds under the eye of their God their Savior their Redeemer say ye to the righteous it shall be well am I a poor fearful soul here this evening fearful wondering how the end will be when you close your eyes in death where will you spend eternity if you're anxious about it dear friends

[39:41] I'm very pleased to hear it so few there are today that are concerned about their soul and eternity but it does manifest I believe if there's a real concern there's something in their heart he was not born with and therefore being numbered among this people say ye to the righteous it shall be well with them those disciples I'll leave in a few minutes those disciples speaking to Christ and Jesus was speaking to them a little before he went to Calvary and he looked within their heart he knew what was going on he knows what's in their heart this evening he knows whether there's a desire a real desire after him or not but they were sorrowful and he said to them ye now have sorrow but

[40:54] I will see your gain and your heart shall rejoice say ye to the righteous it shall be well let not your heart be troubled believe in God believe also in me for in my father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you but I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there ye may be well tis well when on the mount they feast on dying love and tis as well in God's account when they the furnace prove tis well when Jesus calls from earth and sin arise joined with the host of their souls may to salvation wise amen you