Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | June 24, 2009

Total Perfect Triumph

Today, I came across the following verse in Spurgeon’s Devotion for this morning.
 
“The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him,
         And He will make them know His covenant.”  Psalm 25:14. 
 
In a footnote to this verse, I found the following verse:  “For the devious are an abomination to the LORD;
         But He is intimate with the upright.”  Proverbs 3:32. 
 
Then, the following verses came to my mind: 
 
“No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.”  John 15:15.
 
” … But we have the mind of Christ.”  I Corinthians 2:16. 
 
There was a time that I was taught a “god” who would wait and wring his hands as to whom would accept him.  This “god” loved everyone equally and would suffer the loss of most of his beloved children in hell forever.   
 
With great joy, I was reminded of the Sovereign God of Scripture who loses none of His Elect Beloved Children.  I was reminded of the Almighty God of Scripture Who alone can save, Who alone does save, not as a gentleman knocking on the door of your heart, but rather as a Mighty Warrior. 
 
“16  And He saw that there was no man,
         And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
         Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
         And His righteousness upheld Him. 
 17  He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
         And a helmet of salvation on His head;
         And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
         And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. 
 18  According to their deeds, so He will repay,
         Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;
         To the coastlands He will make recompense. 
 19  So they will fear the name of the LORD from the west
         And His glory from the rising of the sun,
         For He will come like a rushing stream
         Which the wind of the LORD drives. 
 20  “A Redeemer will come to Zion,
         And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the LORD.

 21  “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from now and forever.”  Isaiah 59:16-21. 

TOTAL PERFECT TRIUMPH

“Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;
but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.” Jeremiah 9: 23-24.

God has made a perfect plan:  total in scope, perfect, and designed for His pleasure, glory, and triumph.  God plans to demonstrate His lovingkindness, His justice, and His righteousness.
                                                                    
God perfectly executes his plan: totally accomplishing every detail, perfectly accomplishing every detail, and triumphantly accomplishing every detail, all in a way which perfectly brings God total perfect triumph.  God demonstrated His lovingkindness by saving every single one of His Elect.  God demonstrated His justice both by punishing the reprobates by sending them to hell but by also sending His precious only begotten Son Jesus Christ to suffer and die on the cross, because Christ took on Himself the sins of the Elect.  If ever there was a time for God to refrain from justice, it was when Christ was on the cross.  But, God perfectly demonstrated His justice by even punishing Christ who took on the sins of the Elect.  God demonstrated His righteousness by imputing the righteousness of Christ to the Elect and by sanctifying the Elect, causing them to be slaves of righteousness. 
                                                          
God delights in lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, and God perfectly exercises them.  We exult in total perfect triumph in Christ.
 
Consider Isaiah 46: 9-11:
“Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘ My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure‘;
Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.”

God accomplishes all of His good purpose.  Total Perfect Triumph.

Consider John 6: 28-29:
“Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’ “ 

God changes the focus from what man should do to what God has done.  God changes the focus from works to faith.  God changes the focus from man generating his own faith to God even giving faith.  Total Perfect Triumph.

In summary: Psalm 115:3 states:
“But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.“

(Emphasis added to the foregoing verses by bold italic.).

In conclusion, God does whatever he pleases, which includes that He exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth, for He tells us that He does so and delights in these things.  Total Perfect Triumph.

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