The Father's Good Pleasure - The Kingdom of God Is at Hand
By Sean Morris
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In this sermon, Sean preaches the gospel to sinners and saints, focusing on the glory of God the Father in His sovereign and determinate counsel (Acts 2:23) to put His beloved and exalted Son to grief and shame (Is. 53:10), that He might purchase to Himself a valuable treasure: humanity. This was the joy that was set before the suffering Christ that gave Him strength to endure such a fearful and humiliating death on the cross (Heb. 12:2) - not at the hands and malice of free-willed, depraved sinners, but at the hands and eternal purposes of a completely sovereign and righteous GOD! O how humiliating it is to the pride and self-righteousness of the human heart to know that it pleased God the Father to personally put His beloved Son to grief because He valued the souls of men more than the comfort, peace, and well-being of His Son! O that sinners would humble themselves and surrender their lives to this Christ and His fearful kindness and mercy! O that saints would be established upon the Rock - this Foundation of the faith through the gospel - and be strengthened in their consciences to pray with boldness that they might see the glory of God shining in the midst of this crooked and perverse generation! All this, not because of their own worthiness or ability, but because it is the Father's good pleasure to love His people as He loves His only begotten Son! Hallelujah! May the Lord be magnified.
In this sermon, Sean preaches the gospel to sinners and saints, focusing on the glory of God the Father in His sovereign and determinate counsel (Acts 2:23) to put His beloved and exalted Son to grief and shame (Is. 53:10), that He might purchase to Himself a valuable treasure: humanity. This was the joy that was set before the suffering Christ that gave Him strength to endure such a fearful and humiliating death on the cross (Heb. 12:2) - not at the hands and malice of free-willed, depraved sinners, but at the hands and eternal purposes of a completely sovereign and righteous GOD! O how humiliating it is to the pride and self-righteousness of the human heart to know that it pleased God the Father to personally put His beloved Son to grief because He valued the souls of men more than the comfort, peace, and well-being of His Son! O that sinners would humble themselves and surrender their lives to this Christ and His fearful kindness and mercy! O that saints would be established upon the Rock - this Foundation of the faith through the gospel - and be strengthened in their consciences to pray with boldness that they might see the glory of God shining in the midst of this crooked and perverse generation! All this, not because of their own worthiness or ability, but because it is the Father's good pleasure to love His people as He loves His only begotten Son! Hallelujah! May the Lord be magnified.
The content covered by this sermon is also available in the writing of a book available for free online, called, "The Condescension of God" (see the sections, A Poetical Introduction: Look at the Cross and The Sovereignty of God in Determinate Counsel). Dear reader, may God help us to forever remember...
And what is absolutely necessary for so magnificent a victory,
Is that God was not carelessly outwitted to lose His Son at the hands of free-will sinners undone!
The free will of man held no priestly knife in this sovereign, eternal, salvific plan!
The Father was the transcending Great High Priest, and He is the author of every chapter of the plan;
In His hand He held the knife to condemn all sin in One Man.
Every finger may have been the finger of man,
But they gripped the knife of salvation to slay the world’s sin in One Sacrificial Propitiation.
The knife in hand, the final blow, was God’s judgment against sin – let all the world know!
His work, His way, He sacrificed His Son for all in one day!
Is that God was not carelessly outwitted to lose His Son at the hands of free-will sinners undone!
The free will of man held no priestly knife in this sovereign, eternal, salvific plan!
The Father was the transcending Great High Priest, and He is the author of every chapter of the plan;
In His hand He held the knife to condemn all sin in One Man.
Every finger may have been the finger of man,
But they gripped the knife of salvation to slay the world’s sin in One Sacrificial Propitiation.
The knife in hand, the final blow, was God’s judgment against sin – let all the world know!
His work, His way, He sacrificed His Son for all in one day!
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