<TITLE>23. Par 204-211</TITLE>L-204 Where was Jesus slain at, at Calvary? No, sir. Jesus was slain before the foundation of the world. "Behold the Lamb of God, that was slain before the foundation of the world." God, in the beginning, when He saw the sin, He saw what would happen, He spoke the Word. And Jesus was slain before the foundation of the world. And every person was saved, was saved, according to the Bible, when the Lamb was slain in the mind of God, before the foundation of the world. You were included in salvation then. So what are you going to do about It?

L-205   It's God. Blessed be the Name of the Lord! "It's God that worketh; not him that willeth or him that runneth, but God showeth mercy."
If Jesus was slain before the foundation of the world, it taken four thousand years before it actually happened. But when God spoke it back here, every Word of God is steadfast. It's immutable. It's impartible. It cannot fail. And when God slayed the Son before the foundation of the world, He was just as much slain then as He was at Calvary. It's a finished product, when God says so. And remember, when the Lamb was slain, your salvation was included in the sacrifice, because the Bible said that your name was "Written on the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world."
What about that? Then what are we going to do? It's God that showeth mercy. It's God that called you. It's God that chose you in Christ before the foundation of the world. Jesus said, "You never--you never chose me. I chose you. And I knew you, before the foundation of the world." There you are.

L-206 So, see, that takes the scare out of you. "Oh, I wonder if I could keep holding on? I'll make it, bless God, if I'll just keep holding on." It's not whether I hold on, or not. It's whether He held on, or not. It's what--what He done, not what I done. It's what He did.
Is it under the redemption law? This is a little thing I want to say before closing.

L-207   What if an old mare gave birth to a little mule? And that little mule had both ears broke down. He was cross-eyed, and knock-kneed, bow-legged. His tail stuck right straight up in the air. What a horrible-looking animal! Why, anybody... If that little mule could think, say, "Now, wait a minute. When they come out from the house this morning, I'm telling you, I'll sure get knocked in the head. Because, they never feed me. Look what a horrible-looking thing I am. I haven't even got a chance."

L-208 Well, that's right. You haven't got a chance. "Well, I was born in this world, but looky here what a horrible-looking thing I am. So I--I--I... I'll never have a chance. I won't make it. I can't make it." See?

L-209   But what if his mammy is really instructed in the law? She'll say, "Son, that's right. You're all out of shape, and you're not even fit to eat the food off the earth. That's right. You're not fit. But, son, somehow another, you're my first. And, you know, you're born under a birthright. And the priest will never see you. But, for your name, there's got to be an innocent lamb without a blemish, has got to die in your place, so you can live."

L-210 Well, that little mule could just kick up his heels and have a big time. Doesn't make any difference what he is, because he'll never be seen by the judge, the priest. It's the lamb that the priest looks at. Not the mule; the lamb!

L-211   And it's Christ that God looks at, not you. It's Christ. So if there's no fault in Him, how can there be fault? How can He find fault, when you are dead and your life is hid in Christ through God, sealed by the Holy Ghost? "They that are born of God does not commit sin, for he cannot sin." How can he sin when a perfect sacrifice is laying in his place? God never looks at me, He looks at Christ, because we're in Christ.


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