“Jesus—The
Rock” By Malcolm Xechariah April 15th,
2018 The True Light. I didn't know—I don't remember asking Bob
what his was
sharing about this morning. So, I'm glad I didn't because I think I
learned
something, I gained something by not knowing beforehand. I actually had
to
listen, pay attention. Sometimes, you know, and I know, that when there
is
something before us, say, a test, for instance, a class, or school, or
work, or
whatever, and you’ve kind of got a study guide, and you go over it, and
you say,
kind of, “Okay, I know what's going to happen.” But, I kind of am glad,
this
time, that I didn't know, because I learned something, and, I'm
thankful for it,
because, you know, as Bob mentioned, we all have our different callings
and
different abilities, and it's good to know that we're all different.
We're not
all the same. If everybody was like me, there would be a lot of places
in the
world that would be out of business. Because I don't like hats; I don't
mind
people wearing them. Some people like hats, but I wouldn't buy them. I
just use
that as an example. There's other places, a lot of barbers would go out
of
business. Whoever grows asparagus, they'd probably be out of business.
I'm just
saying. These are all simple examples that we can relate to, right?
Anybody
that's a Ford dealer, they would be out of business, because I like
Chevys. So,
we're all awake, amen? The title—I'll give you the title from the
beginning, “Jesus,
The Rock.” I'm not talking about the WWE guy; I'm talking about the
real Rock.
Let me recite to you from the Encyclopedia Britannica and just bear
with me,
because I promise you it relates to the message. Bedrock. I looked up
the word bedrock,
and, I know you've probably heard people talk about bedrock you know a
skyscraper, or some large structure, they have to drill down to the
bedrock.
So, a bedrock is a deposit of solid rock that is typically buried
beneath the
soil or other broken or unconsolidated material. Bedrock is made up of
igneous,
sedimentary, or metamorphic rock and it often serves as the—and
remember this
word—these two words: parent material. Parent material, or source of
rock.
Remember that phrase: ‘parent material’ and ‘source.’ Bedrock is also a
source
of nitrogen. Anybody—obviously, everybody's heard of nitrogen. How much
of the
air do you think is made up of nitrogen? 78%. 78% of what's right here
in this
room, almost 80%, is nitrogen. Sounds dangerous, but, it's a noble gas,
as you learn
from chemistry class, right, students? Bedrock is also a source of
nitrogen in
the earth's nitrogen cycle. So, we actually get air from rock.
Something to
think about, to bear in mind. Source material, parent material, source.
Air, by
volume, is 80% nitrogen, 20.9% oxygen. Just so we're on the same page
here,
there is oxygen in the air, amen? 80% nitrogen, roughly 20% oxygen.
Before I
even open the Bible I see that almost 80% of the life-giving air that I
breathe
is directly connected to bedrock. Which, according to the Bible, is a
descriptor
name given to God. Only in the Old Testament. Not anybody else, only
God, has
that name. Rock. Or Bedrock. Source, parent material you see where I'm
going
with this, right? Amen? You're already ahead of me. And, the
manifestation of
God, that same Rock, Jesus, in the New Testament. Okay? Old Testament,
New
Testament. Rock, rock. Of course, we're not here for a science lesson,
but we
are here for a source lesson. Amen? Amen. John 10:9
I am the door: [You can just--you don't have to turn to it; we're going to
read pretty
fast.] by me if any man enter in, he
shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. So, I'm connecting the two. “I am the Door...” Jesus
talking. Talking
about God in the Old Testament, and Jesus in the New Testament, the
manifestation of God, God's Spirit in the man. Amen. “I am the door.
I’m Him.
I'm it.” Right, right. John, ten, and thirty: John 10:30
I and my Father
are one. So, why is Jesus saying My Father? Because He's in the
flesh; God is
not a man. Amen? The spirit. First Corinthians ten, one through four. First Corinthians
ten, one through
four: 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I would
not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the
cloud,
and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the
cloud
and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all
drink the
same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that
followed them:
and that Rock was Christ. And that rock was what? Christ. And if you want to know
where that
reference is, that reference is Exodus, fourteen, and the children of
Israel
crossed over the sea, or under the sea, on dry land. So, the walls of
the sea,
by the way, were a seal to them. It says they were baptized unto Moses.
So,
Moses, think about Moses for a second, they were baptized into Moses,
so Moses
was their savior. That's why it says they were baptized unto Moses,
because he
was their savior. Well, guess what? Moses wasn't The Rock. Something to
think
about. The waters were above their head. When you get baptized, the
waters are
above your head. Amen? So, Moses, who was taken from the water, that's
what his
name means, was saved by the water. Moses, taken from the water, saved
by the
water. Jesus, the blood of the Covenant. So, now you have water and
blood.
Jesus represents the blood of the Covenant. So, why do I draw a
parallel?
Because when the soldier pierced Jesus in his side, what came out?
Blood and
water. Blood and water (John 19:34). The spirit, the water, and the
blood agree
in one in the Earth (1 John 5:8). And, they all put together with
baptism. The
study is not about baptism, it's about Jesus being The Rock, but it's
hard to
preach Jesus without preaching baptism, amen? I'm just saying. All
right. We'll
move on. Deuteronomy— and I'm going to give you a couple of Old
Testament Scriptures
just so you know we're consistent with this whole Rock thing, you know? Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock,
his work is
perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without
iniquity,
just and right is he. That was Deuteronomy, thirty-two, and four. 2 Samuel 22:1-2
And David spake
unto the Lord
the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out
of the
hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: And he said, The
Lord is
my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; Amen, amen. 1 Samuel 2:2 There is none holy as the
Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our
God. That was said by a woman. That was Hannah, you remember her?
I'm going
to read it again, just for all the ladies. I'm not going to read it
like a
lady. I'll still sound like a dude. 1 Samuel 2:2 There is none holy as the
Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our
God. Can you imagine your mother, or your grandmother saying that
to you? Or
your daughter? Good God Almighty. How could you think that God is only
for men when
you have a woman that would say something like that? Amen? Amen. I like
that.
You like that? So, who is my Rock, my Fortress my Strong Tower, my Help, my
way out of
no way, my Protector? My protector from bullying, amen? My protector
from
sexual harassment, amen? My protector from a mean boss, amen? My
protector from
people who would speak against me at my job, to belittle me in front of
others,
amen? My protector for my online being bullying, amen? Jesus, God, our
Rock,
Strength, Foundation, Protection, Help. #9:47# So, I looked up this word, ‘rock,’ and I used these
references for Old
and New Testaments and Strong's Concordance, and let me say one thing,
you can
draw all these references online, you know, from online concordance,
but it
seems, and I know this to be a fact, I have a written concordance, you
know,
pretty big book, and there are words in my concordance—it's kind of
old—that
are not online. They’ve been removed. So, it pays to have the books.
Books are
still in style, amen? Because, when people start revising things they
revise
things out of the book. And, then you're lost because, and, I want to
make this
point: because it wasn't in the online version thereof, Strong's New
Testament 4073
is the reference number ‘rock,’ and we're talking about rock; rock,
bedrock, bedrock
was not in the one online. Bedrock, that's what I started with.
Bedrock.
Bedrock here, bedrock there, and that's why I gave you that reference
from the
Encyclopedia Britannica, so that we can make a comparison between the
two. I'm
talking about rock. What kind of rock are we talking? We're talking
about the
parent; we're talking about the source material, the rock of all rocks,
amen?
Bedrock, rocky crag suitable solid foundation, large rock formation.
Let me
draw your attention to Matthew, chapter 16, and we'll go all the way
through.
Now, Bob already read this, and he stopped. And, he stopped right
before I
would begin. But, I'll go ahead and read it from the beginning, where
he
started, just so you know the context of what I'm saying. Matthew,
chapter sixteen,
thirteen through eighteen: Matthew 16:13-16
When Jesus came
into the
coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do
men say
that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John
the
Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He
saith
unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and
said, Thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God. That ought to just make you shout, amen? Matthew 16:17
And Jesus
answered and said
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not
revealed
it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. I think that's where you stopped, wasn't it? This is where I
begin: Matthew 16:18
And I say also
unto thee, That
thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the
gates of
hell shall not prevail against it. Now, watch this, watch this: Jesus, the stone, the Bedrock,
the, the
source set at naught of the builders, become the head of corner, this
is my
statement, the Cornerstone, still talking about Jesus, designated Peter
the
little stone. Not the source, not the parent material, little stone,
because
Peter understood. If you didn't know, now you do. The little stone. He
designated
Peter the little stone to open the locks of salvation to the masses.
Jew and
Gentile. There can be only one Rock, One Source. Now, why do I say he
opened
the locks? Because He gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom. Keys are for
locks.
Amen? And I'm closing. Jesus, the Rock of our life-giving air. See, it’s time to
bring the air
in. Jesus, the Rock of our life giving air, we breathe. Our foundation,
our
Bedrock our parent Source, Jesus. Ephesians, chapter two, we’re going
to read
eleven, twelve, and nineteen. Ephesians, chapter two, eleven, twelve,
and
nineteen. And, I'm only going to read part of eleven, because I'm
trying to
make a point here. Ephesians 2:11
Wherefore
remember, that ye
being in time past Gentiles... That's verse eleven, now verse twelve: Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, [in
time past Gentiles, that's us.] being
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the
covenants of
promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: Can anybody say that when you
were without Christ that you had some kind of hope? It doesn't exist!
There is
no hope outside of Christ! Verse 19: Ephesians 2:19-20
Now therefore
ye are no more
strangers and foreigners, [now that you
know Christ,
amen, you're no more strangers and foreigners] but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And
are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets… Now, that's some heavy stuff, right there: “…upon the
foundation of the
Apostles and Prophets…” Do you know how many people who were in
business, they
just want to be anywhere near somebody who has a foundation of success
in business.
You just mention some dude's name, and they'll go, “Oh, he's the
greatest visionary
known to man!” Am I telling the truth? Amen. The only Visionary I know
that was
the greatest, is Jesus. Amen? If you ain't down with Jesus, you in the
wrong
place, amen? Your foundation is sinking sand, amen? Our hope is built
on
nothing less—yes, sir—than Jesus blood and righteousness, amen. Good
God. I’ve
got to take my glasses off. I can't see now. They got fogged up. Ephesians 2:20
…built upon the
foundation of
the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
cornerstone; Oh, back to that rock again. That parent material, that
Source. Jesus,
The Source, the Rock, the Strength, the Strong Tower, the righteous
runneth
into it and are safe (Proverbs 18:10), amen? Just His name alone sends
the
demons on the run! Amen. You notice anybody when they start talking
about, “Oh,
my God,” they don't ever say, “Oh, my devil.” When they start time they
start talking
about BC and AD. and then they made up other words because they want to
take
out before Christ, and after the death of Christ. Even time starts with
Jesus,
amen? This is 2018. 2018 since what? Since the death of Jesus, Amen.
It's Jesus
all the way, amen? The Rock, the Source, the parent material, amen?
That'll
make you shout, won't it? I'm going to close, brother Pete, would you put up that
audio lyric
file? And, Brother Jerry, he's going to regale you with tales from the
past; no,
he's going to play an audio file for you. Check it out. Who Do Men Say I Am Jesus looked at his disciples with loving eyes to see to
them who could
he be. Some say thou art Elias, some are saying a major prophet
from on high. But with those same loving eyes he asked," whom say ye that
I am? – He’s
the Son of Man. Truly thou art the Christ, the Son of God who reigns supreme
and lives
above. And upon The Rock he built his church, and to Peter he gave
the key. Through his blood all men on earth could be set free. He told them much later he had to die. This is why He came.
And the
reason why, He would explain. Because of the price of Adam's sin, I'll deliver my life to
sinful man. The prophets have spoken concerning me. I do this through my
love. I'll redeem lost man with my blood. But if I be lifted up I will draw all men to me. With my resurrection power, men should know throughout the
land, the
Messiah from On High is who I am. So it pleased the Lord to bruise Him, and we esteemed Him
smitten of God
and afflicted. By His stripes we're healed. By His blood we're overcome. Give the Lord a praise.
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