Horton Haven Labor Day Retreat-11 Commitment to the Lord — William MacDonald

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Total Commitment in Light of Calvary

I'm really glad that brother Harold gave out that hymn 37 amazing love because it. Encapsulate encapsulate. What we talked about in the first part of this conference that expression amazing love. How can it be that thou my God?

God. We spent considerable time Emphasizing the fact that the one who died on Calvin's cross Is the one who designed the joint of your knee? The one who gives you the breath that you're breathing right now who sustained your life the one who died for you on that cross of wood is the incarnate God.

And I want to tell you that truth will really grip us. You'll never be the same again. We'll never be the same again. We talked about who he is. We talked about what he did for us. He talked about the people for whom he did it and we were rather shocked at the x-ray of ourselves I think.

And then we talked about the marvelous blessings that have flowed to us as a result of that. And we realized I think by when we came to to an end of all of that that this requires a response From us and of course the response it requires is if the Lord Jesus did that for me.

I Belong to him. I'm his to do whatever he wants to do. He quoted that verse. I have seen the vision and for self I cannot live life is worse than worthless. That's all. And I'd like to emphasize again to you that really in the light of Calvary what the Savior did for us.

It's nothing short of blasphemy to hold back anything. The response required is total Commitment. Then we said that this is a thread that goes to all through the Bible and this morning I hope that our hearts were subdued when we thought of one of the greatest illustrations of commitment in the Word of God.

Where that dear man Abraham went up to the Ridge Mount? Mariah to offer his son as a sacrifice to God as a bird offering. It's incredible when you stop the figure he really loved God didn't he. He really was devoted to God.

He was really consecrated to God and he would be willing to take the darling part. The thing he prized more than anything else in all the world his unique well-beloved son. Off to offer him up as a bird offering to God.

So we want to continue tonight and explore that subject follow that thread through the Old Testament. Let's say a commitment to the Lord and it's going to bring us first of all to Leviticus chapter 1.

The Burnt Offering and Consecration to God

This was alluded to in the breaking of bread. I was rather interested this morning the burnt offering and it links very nicely with what we had this morning. Abraham and Isaac going out up to mark Mariah.

We just read a first a few verses in the first chapter. Leviticus chapter 1 verse 2 speak to the children of Israel. Say to them when any one of you brings an offering to the Lord you shall bring your offering of the Livestock of the herd and of the flock.

If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd. Let him offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Before the Lord. Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted on his behalf.

To make atonement for him. He shall kill the bull before the Lord. The priest Aaron's son shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar. It's by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay the wood in odd order on the altar. Then the priest Aaron's son to lay the parts the head and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire.

Upon the altar, but he shall wash its entrails and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice an offering made by far a sweet aroma to the Lord. Now I Know that in our assemblies and I'm grateful for this.

When we think of the burnt offering. We immediately think of the Lord Jesus Christ. This point forward to the Lord Jesus and what he did there on Calvary's cross. Well, he was totally consumed by the fires of God's judgment in Consecration to God the father, but I'd like to think with you tonight.

Not so much a lot. And I what did it mean to a Jew in those days? What did it mean to a Hebrew? When he Made this offering to the Lord. Well, let's use a little sanctified imagination here here. We see a Hebrew and he's coming around the enclosure of the tabernacle and he comes to the entrance.

He has a young bullet a rope around the bullets neck and Probably the book is a bit reluctant. Don't blame him that he is and he's rather dragging this bullet and they come through the entrance and of course the first thing they Come to is the altar there the brazen Altar.

The fire is going of course in the altar. Maybe they can just feel the heat as they Pass by it. And what's going through that Hebrews mind when he's doing this. Well, I'll tell you what he's doing what he's thinking about.

He's thinking about how good the Lord has been to him. You know, he's been rehearsing the benefit of the Lord to him. Once again, I remind you he didn't have a New Testament. He didn't live on this side of Calvary.

But he was like the psalmist is the best the Lord all my soul of all that is within me. Bless his holy name bless the Lord all my soul and forget not all his benefits. That was the language of his heart when he was bringing that animal to sacrifice it to the Lord.

He was thinking of the steadfast love of Jehovah. Think of the mercy of God and the grace of God in his heart, which is absolutely filled with Gratitude as he he thought about and I he remembers that the animal that he's going to offer must be a clean animal.

That is it must chew the cud and have a cloven hook. The chewing of the cut of course speaks of the meditation and the Word of God and the cloven hook of a separated life. It's kind of a forbidden word today, isn't it separation?

Oh, yeah, you don't talk about separation today. No. No, it's all ecumenical talk today. The animal must be without blemish and now he's going to offer it of his own free Will to the Lord so he passes through the entrance.

I say of the curtained enclosure and he comes immediately to the raisin altar and Holding the rope in his left hand. He places his hand on the head of the animal. What is he saying when he's money first of all, he's identifying himself with the animal.

And he says what's what's going to happen to this animal physically materially is what I want to be true. In my life this animal is going to be all I want to be all if you have been living today. He might say thou has bled and died for me.

Henceforth I will live. That's the burnt. That's the burnt offering. At this point. He probably ties the legs of the animal rolls it over on its side and ties its legs front and aft and Then he takes a well-sharpened knife and with one death stroke.

He runs the knife across the throat Of the bullet and a priest is there and the priest catches the blood from the animal's neck and Sprinkles it on on the altar a few death spasms and then the animal lies motionless and then the animal is skinned and The skin is the only part that's not put on the altar.

Yeah, I like to give. I'm still the teacher at heart. I'd like to give Assignment. The assignment is why isn't the skin of the animal included in the burnt offering? You know you have your assignment.

Having faced the problem. Let us go on bravely. The offer Skins the animal cuts it in pieces and the priest lays the pieces upon upon the altar. And this is a unique feature of the burnt offering it is wholly Consumed.

You know in some offerings the priest got part of the meat and the offerer got part of the meat. But not in this one. This is all for God they dismembered parts of the animal are burnt upon the altar and until the whole carcass is consumed all but Skinned and as I say, this is a wonderful type of the Lord Jesus and his total consecration to the Lord.

But that's not what the man is saying. Here I Take the New Testament equivalent of this be Romans 12 1 and 2. I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies living.

That you present your bodies a living sacrifice only acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. Be not conformed to the world. But be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will.

That's the burnt offering a living sacrifice. To God the poet wrote his hands and feet and heart all three were pierced for me at Calvary. And here are now to him. I bring my hands feet parts an offering.

I Like the fact that one of the important features of this was that it was a sweet savor offering. I think this is surprising. First of all let me say there are a lot of things that happen on earth that are known in.

The people in heaven know that happens down here on earth. Well, I'll tell you one thing they know they know when somebody say don't say. There's rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents more than over 99 just persons who need no repentance.

Did they know it when somebody say that? It's wonderful. If somebody would touch Christ at this conference It's come in repentance and and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ would set the bells ringing in heaven.

What else do they know in heaven? I believe they know when a backslider returns to the Lord. In heaven, I think they know that you said why do you say that? Well because of the parable of the prodigal son, you know when that prodigal son came back the household became a place of festivity and rejoicing and celebration.

And they began to make Mary well, I want to tell you if a human father Calls up on the household the chart start the joy bells ring. I think it happens in heaven. You know, I'm sure when a backslider comes back to the Lord I think the prayers of the Saints are known in heaven because of Revelation 8 again.

Which was read in the meeting this morning and you have the Lord Jesus there and the prayers of the Saints are going up to Heaven and he takes the prayers of the Saints and he adds the fragrance of his own person and work.

He sent them to God the Father it's all public not done in secret there in heaven prayers of the Saints. If you know, I believe that something else that happens I believe when a Christian man or a woman a young man or a young woman gets down on his knees and say Lord Jesus.

I Want to be that good awesome. I believe that the fragrance of That awesome fills the room. It's a sweet savor awesome. And if an animal if the favor of an animal did it I want to tell you the favor of a human being doing that Resenting that burnt offering to the Lord would do it.

As well when the Lord Jesus finds believers who are willing To give their bodies a living sacrifice for him takes great pleasure in them. The throne room of the universe is filled with a fragrance of a sweet aroma.

I Think When I when a deed of kindness is done in the name of the Lord Jesus. It's known in heaven, you know in Philippians chapter 4 the man the Philippians has sent a gift of money to the Apostle Paul and he said I received that which you sent by Epaphroditus.

He said It was the odor of a sweet smell. He said a sacrifice acceptable well-pleasing to God and The J. Jowett said he said those Philippians just thought that they did something of a very local neighborhood, you know.

Giving that gift of all these said the fragrance of the filthy universe. Nice to know that isn't it that when you do something for the Lord the fragrance of that gift done in the name of the Lord Jesus Fills the throne room of time.

What a wonderful thought we have the lesson of the burnt offering is this give God all of this abuse. Why I say that to you young people that are here tonight. Give God all that. Let people call you a fanatic I say be a fanatic to Jesus.

Given every part of you all for Jesus all for Jesus all my beings rents and powers. All my thoughts and words and doings all my days and all my hours let my hands perform His bidding let my feet run in his way.

Let my eyes see Jesus only let my lips speak for us his praise. That's the burnt offering. But you know, there's another ritual in the Old Testament that we should think about briefly and this subject of commitment.

Earmarked for Life: The Bond Servant's Commitment

I don't think any Any Treatment of the subject of commitment the Old Testament would be complete without this. I call it earmarked for life. Your mind this is surprise you to know that there was slavery in the Old Testament.

But you know Sometimes the Jew would fall into such deep debt. He would become bankrupt and the only thing he could do was sell himself into slavery. In order to get rid of that debt. Now You say that the Bible condones slavery.

No, the Bible doesn't condone it. It means it records slavery as a historical fact, but the Lord in his great mercy Passed legislation for the people how they were to treat the slaves. They were not to be oppressive with the slaves.

He there's a Bill of Rights here for slaves and he saved them from cruel and abusive Treatment but one particular law that God passed with this that after a slave had been in that condition. But seven years he could go out.

He could go that was something no matter how hard his labor was was wonderful to think six more years five more years one more year. But the Lord realized too that some of those faith would realize they had a good man.

They had a good method and they realized that they were better off with that method and they would be out on their own. And so there was that lovely little ritual there in the Old Testament where at the seventh year they could go over and place the lobe of their ear on the door and With an all their ear would be pierced and they would say I love my master.

I will not. And you know that should be for everyone of us, too. We should all have that pierced ear shouldn't we and say I love my master. I will not go away free some see of course a reference to the Lord Jesus in this whose ear had been pierced in permanent servitude.

The application of course is very clear. We have we were the slaves of Satan and he was leading us about at his will. We were deceived and we were a burden and we were oppressed the devil. I tell you it's the worst of masters.

Thief cometh not but but to steal and to kill and to destroy. Jesus came that we might have life and that we might have it more abundantly. We met Jesus and he delivered us from that terrible dominion of the evil one.

He's Different. The Lord Jesus had been good to us beyond imagination. Beyond imagination or calculation and you know, the interesting thing is we can go on living after all he did for us. We can go on living for ourselves.

We can go on living for our own pleasure. We can go on doing our own Thing if we want. We can live for material things. We can live as if making money was the only important thing in life. We can go to the door as it were say Just earmark me for life.

I think that's where the word earmark came from them to just earmark me for life. Blessed Lord Jesus. I want to be yours forever and forever. Bishop Handley mole, I think captured the thought of the. The piercing of the ear in these words my master lead me to thy door.

Here's this now willing ear once more. Thy bonds are freedom. Let me stay with thee to toil endure. Obey, yes ear and hand and thought and will use all in thy dear slavery still I like that use all in thy dear slavery.

Still self weary liberties. I cast beneath my feet there eat them fast. Spread them still down and then I know these hands shall with thy gifts or foe and Pierced ears shall hear the one which tells them thou and I.

I want to tell you his service is perfect. Never was a master like the Lord Jesus. People are afraid to turn their lives over the Lord Jesus has a kick. There are people here tonight. I believe it who who can Turn over their souls to the Lord for eternal salvation.

And they don't dare turn over their lives to Christ. So let him manage them down here. It's true. How do you know it's because it was true in my life for many years. You can trust the Lord you you have faith to trust the Lord Jesus for the eternal salvation of your soul.

You don't have faith to let him control your life. This is what I'm talking about. This weekend. If we can trust him for salvation we can trust him to run our lives down here. Francis Ridley Havergill some of you are familiar with her writing.

She said I love I love my Macca. I will not go out free. She determined that she would not do it either but he is my Redeemer. He paid the price for me. I would not leave his service. It is so sweet and blessed and in the weariest moments He gives the truest rest for he has met my longing with words of golden tone that I shall serve forever himself himself.

You know there were. In the Old Testament, I think I might have mentioned there were hired servants and bond servants. I heard servant work for money. Money was his motivation. A bond servant belongs to his master and when the Lord legislated that.

When a bond servant was released at the end of six years. The master had to give him wine and food and provision and everything he needed. Some masters were tempted to. Back at that, you know, let me tell you something bond service is worth.

You know, that's true today. That's true today a bond servant is worth twice what a hired servant is. Paul spoke of himself. I like that. Yeah, Paul an apostle and bond servant of Jesus Christ different.

He was an apostle by appointment. He was a bond servant. By personal good. He was an apostle because God called him to be an apostle. He was a bond servant because he didn't want it any other way. So remember that those who serve the Lord Jesus Christ out of a heart of love are worth twice as much as those who suppose That Godliness is great gain.

Ruth's Loyal Commitment to Naomi and the God of Israel

We go on in the Old Testament commitment. Commitment in the Old Testament, you know, no subject on this no Dissertation and this subject is complete unless you bring the ladies into it because I really believe that in general in the history of the Christian religion and of Judaism to Ladies shine out with greater luster than true in the New Testament.

Certainly, isn't it? Those who follow the Lord the Lord Jesus and The culture in the Old Testament was very demeaning to women. But many of them rose above that to show the world what true devotedness Really is and two of them were ladies to those ladies.

Each of them has a book in the Bible named after her. I think that's great. We talked about Ruth and Esther. Ruth is really a bright star in the galaxy of the committed ones. She had a fiercely loyal commitment to Naomi.

Didn't she not only to Naomi the Naomi's God as well. Naturally speaking Ruth was kind of anonymous. She was she was what they would call today a non-person. She came from a despised race, you know, the Moabites some he came from a family of nobodies and She came from a race that was cursed by God despised by God's people.

She was a woman a sex that was depreciated in that culture. Her husband died. He was a widow left her a childless and her mother-in-law was a Jew Alien a foreigner and wrote and Ruth's homeland and.

Then came that moment which the poet says comes to every man a nation. The moment to decide Naomi was going to go back to Bethlehem Judah and The question was would Ruth go back with her. Author had made her mind up she would not go back and Ruth Was determined that she would go back with her her.

Her decision is a classic of commitment. I don't think there's anything in the Old Testament like it. What did she say? She said don't ask me to leave you and turn back. I Will die where you die and will be buried there may the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything.

But death to separate us. That's great. And don't ask me to leave you don't even think about it. Don't even mention the word. She's saying I've made up my mind to follow you. There's no turning back, but let us just examine the extent of her devotedness in the words that she spoke.

She had a new person to follow. Don't ask me to leave you. Something you know Naomi gets a bad press among a lot of preachers. They think of her as a backslider and all of that for a woman. I tell you Ruth saw something in Naomi.

He realized that she was a woman. She realized that she was a mother in Israel. She saw a greatness in her and She thought this mother in Israel is worthy to be followed. A New place to live she said where you live I will live.

That's something she suppressed her own Nationalistic spirit a love for Moab. She was willing to make a break with family and friends and her native environment. She's a new a new family. Your people will be my.

She became a Jewish proselyte. Convert to Judaism. A daughter of Abraham by adoption she cast in her a lot with God's people. You're despised by the world yet the excellence of the earth. And then she said a new religion your God will be my God.

Oh boy that was saying goodbye to all the pagan gods of Moab all the idols of Moab all the rituals and shrines of Moab and she embraced the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob when she said that I want to tell you dear friends.

This is commitment a new place to die. She said where you die. I will die. What was she saying? It's going to be a lifelong commitment a lifelong commitment. I'm going to be with you if you die, and when you die, I will Die.

She wanted to be identified with Naomi and her death as well as in her life. And this is what we should be saying in baptism isn't it where you die. I will die. Identifying myself with the Lord Jesus and the waters of baptism.

I hope all that we're here tonight are our believers and our baptized. You say brother because you know that baptism is not necessary for salvation. I know it's not. I also know if you're not baptized and go to heaven that way you'll never be baptized.

Because there are no baptisteries in heaven the Presbyterians think they can get baptized in the river of life. I think it's a conception a New burial place where you are buried. I will be buried. That's interesting traditionally people want to go back to where they came from to be buried.

You know the patriarchs in the Old Testament did didn't say Jacob and Joseph. They wanted to go back and have their bodies transported from Egypt to Canaan. She didn't care for anything. Even salmon want to do that.

They want to go back to the place where they began and die there. Where you're buried I will be here. She was a pure young widow. She committed herself Without reservation to the God of Israel as a result.

She married a man of outstanding character. She became an ancestress of the Messiah. She had a book of the Bible named after her. Dear friends, you never know The day you commit the life of the Lord Jesus the service.

What great things he has in store for you when Ruth made that decision? She had no idea What God had planned for her? Let's think of that. Married to Boaz great came right into the line of the Messiah.

What could be more wonderful than that had a book in the Bible named after her? Memorialized. Or ever. Never know the day you turn over your life to the Lord. Make that total commitment to him. You never know what he has.

Esther's Courage Before the Persian King

The other woman, of course was Esther and I want to tell you you and I wouldn't be talking about her tonight if she had waffled. If she hadn't come clean. We wouldn't be talking about her tonight. I want to tell you it was a marvelous converging of circumstances that brought a Jewish maiden As of the throne of Persia to be Queen.

The public thought it was her beauty wiser minds knew it was her God who arranged it. The marvelous converging of Circumstances of God in the film the timing was absolutely perfect. She was in power when her cousin Mordecai Uncovered a plot against the king and reported it.

And she was in power when murderous Haman nearly succeeded in having Mordecai hanged on a gallows and She was in power and that villainous anti-semite had Succeeded in having a decree written that the Jews in the kingdom would be exterminated.

Name of God is not mentioned in the book of Esther, but God is very prominent of the best turn. He's behind the scenes keeping watch. About. Now the spotlight is on Esther. Would she go into the king and feed for her people and for herself because her fate was linked with the fate of Her people.

There were two problems. Who approached the king even if he was her husband. Who approached him if he didn't hold out the golden scepter. Yes, her who approached the king. I suppose this was to protect the king against assassins.

Don't you think so? Protect the king against assassins, but the other thing was that that they had not had marital relations for a month. So really it was good size. That was risky for her to go before The king if you leave up God out it was risky, but To help her make her decision Mordecai sent them word that if she didn't do it God would raise something somebody else to do but she would miss the blessing and she wouldn't be spared any more than the rest of The Jews he would he really believed that God would somehow Restore the Jews, although he didn't know how but she would miss the blessing of being there Savior and Then he topped his appeal with those memorable words who know it.

But our come to the kingdom at the time, you know, I think that's the word we can take to ourselves. No, but your come to the kingdom the such a time says how do you know if you turn your life over to the Lord?

He might not be God's key in certain situations in life. I believe it was all my heart. Well, that was all is Esther needed. She called on her on her assistant the Jews and the citadel. We call on them to fast for three days.

It doesn't say to pray, but I tell you you don't fast without praying do you? So fasting and prayer for three days and then she she said I'll go to the king. She said if I perished I. She was laying her life on the line for the Lord.

She hadn't made that decision. We wouldn't be talking it paid off. The king showed grace to her. She was able to expose Haman and the terrible plot that had been drawn up against the Jews that Decree couldn't be changed but another decree was made allowing the Jews to defend themselves and they their victory was great when the appointed time came and God even Gave them extra time from mopping up operations lesson commitment To Christ to God received its greatest test in the fires of adversity.

Received its greatest test in the fires of adversity. We move on. I just want to mention Caleb briefly. Caleb Say old soldiers don't die. They just fade away. Well, this is an old soldier who didn't fade away when he was 85.

When he was 85 he said he wanted a hebron. He said give me this mountain. I like that. Don't you? You never yet. You're never too old to be obedient to the Lord. You're never too old to be committed to the Lord.

He wanted to drive the Anakim of Hebron. Remarkable words for an 85 year old soldier. He could have been fading away in quiet obscurity. This is a commitment to the tribute that's paid to Caleb. He wholly Followed the Lord God of Israel.

What an epitaph. He wholly Followed the Lord God of Israel. Then of course, it was Jonathan. I like Jonathan as a Illustration of commitment the author he's committed to David. Jonathan was next in line to the throne.

He was to succeed thought he knew that David was. He took off his robe robe signifying that he was heir apparent to the throne. That's really Meryl Unger writes his most remarkable characteristic was his ardent and unselfish devotion to his friends.

Which led him to give up his hopes to the throne even expose himself to death for the sake of those He loved notwithstanding that his affection for his father was repelled by the latter. Owing to the king's insanity.

He cast his lot with his father's decline and in death. They were not divided. Remarkable the fact that Jonathan didn't join David in exile shouldn't be allowed to diminish the truth of his large-heartedness.

David's Mighty Men and Loyalty to Their Leader

David had some tremendous followers. I'd love to read about some of David's followers and how committed they were to him one of them with MSI. He was the chief captain who came to David a big leg. We don't know much about him.

In fact, he's mentioned in only one verse of the Bible one verse of the Bible MSI, but he's memorable because of the eloquent pledge he made to David. Let me read it to you. We are yours. Oh, David. We are on your side.

Oh son of Jesse. Peace. Peace to you and peace to your helpers. But your God help you. Did you think that things David? You think it pleases the Lord Jesus when we say that to him? We are yours Lord Jesus.

We're on your side Sunday, I think the Savior's part. He's just a little faster When he hears us say that to him. It's high with another soldier who was sold out to the king a Gentile a Gentile you expected Gentile to be that loyal to Jewish King.

Would you he was and when David fled from Jerusalem as a result of Absalom's? Treason the king tried to dissuade it tied from going With him into exile and what did it say? He said is the Lord live and as my lord the king lives in whatever place my lord.

The king shall be whether in life or death even there also shall your servant. And then of course there were the three valiant soldiers who was with David there in the cave of Adullam and one day David was reminiscing and he was thinking back to the well in Bethlehem.

There was no water like that well. And how it is you think back to your childhood nothing tasted how things were when you were young and he just let that sigh Slip out from his lips. And you know for those three men they snapped to attention they said your desire is our command.

So they didn't say those words, but that's their attitude. Your desire is our command and they went through enemy lines at the risk of their lives to get Water from the well. It's really Committed all that mattered to them was to please their master.

Please their leader it was worth their lives just to give him. David was so pleased with that. Did he drink it? Might seem like in gratitude on David's part, but it wasn't recorded on the ground. He said far be it from me.

Oh Lord that I should do this is not this the blood of the men who went in jeopardy. Of their lives, I want to tell you if David was pleased by that act how much more pleased the Savior must be. David's greater son must be when he finds that type of commitment.

Among his followers, you know, the Lord Jesus is thirsty tonight. He's thirsting for the souls of men in Africa in Asia South America and other parts. When he sees people who are committed and willing to leave all follows him there.