"Am I Your All in All?" By Brother Parrish Lee October 2nd,
2016
You may be seated, Saints. Isn’t God good this morning? Somebody said that Jesus is a Way-maker, and
I started to just come up and do what Pastor Paine did last week, but I just
want to put the devil on the run for just a second. Jesus is a way-maker. Anybody here that Jesus made a way, when you
were sick or in pain, give the Lord a praise.
Anybody here—just give Him a praise.
Anybody here that knows if it was not for the goodness of God, you might
be dead right now, give Him a praise.
Anybody know, if it was not for the goodness of God, you might not have
been paying your bills, give the Lord a praise.
Anybody here ever seen God restore something in your family, give God a
praise. Anybody ever been so tired, and
He opened up the window of Heaven, and poured you out a blessing, give the Lord
a praise. The Way-maker, this
morning. Almighty God, Almighty God,
Almighty God. You may be seated. We could stop right there and go home. We could stop right there, and go home,
talking about, He made a way. If we were
to pass this microphone around, we wouldn’t leave today, talking about how He
has made a way. Any witnesses in the
house that He’s been good? Witnesses to
say, “God, you’ve been good!” I don’t
know everything You’ve done for everybody else, but I know what You have done
for me. I know what You’ve done! Nobody can take that away! I know what You have done for me. When you were singing up here, Sister Sonia,
I just—I couldn’t stand it! I knew there
was more to come, but all I could do was just say, “Thank You, Jesus!” He’ my Rock, He’s my Fortress—ain’t that what
the song says?—He’s my Deliverer. In Him
will I trust—my Rock, my Fortress, my Deliverer. Rebekah was dipping into the message, and
taking up a good part of it, I mean to tell you on that one. Amen, amen, amen. And somebody said He’s the light of the
world. But they said, “Here I am to say
that You are my God.” Here I am, this
morning, to say, “You are my God.” What
a precious thing that is, a precious thing that is. We give honor to that self-same Almighty,
omniscient, omnipresent, wonderful, compassionate, life-giving, life-restoring,
blood-shedding God. We give honor to
Him, this morning, He who knows all things, and puts up with us anyway. He who knows everything we’ve ever done and
says, “I still love you.” He who knows
all my faults, all my fears, and knows when I don’t step up to the plate, and
says, “I still love him. I’ll make a way
for you.” We give honor to that
God. Giving honor to all of His
servants, all of those people who have kept His message and kept His will, and
given it to us, down through the ages, from the apostles and disciples, down
through the ages, down to those who were here in the birthing of this ministry,
from our founding pastor, he and his family, our pastor, who was here last
week—and, let me tell you Saints, as lit up as he gave, and as God put in his
life to give to us, he, well, Debbie, actually, pulled me aside, and said, “You
know what? We love this. We love just
worshipping with y’all. We don’t get a
chance to do it enough, but, when we come, you don’t throw up a wall and say,
‘Prove yourselves,’ you just say, ‘Come on in and worship. Come and dine; the table of our Lord is
spread.’” She said Pastor Paine was
loving it so much, it just went past his pain medication, and gave him straight
joy. That’s what she was telling me it
was mighty good, mighty good. Giving
honor to them. And, giving honor to all
of those who stand in the gap and make up the hedge. And giving honor to all of y’all, who say,
“The Lord is the light of my life, my strength, my sword, my shield. He is my sword, my high tower, my
buckler. He is my light in darkness; he
is the path that I can walk on. He is
everything to me, my bridge over troubled waters, and my bridge when I ain’t
even got no water. He is my
everything.” Giving honor to all of
y’all; may God touch and bless and give everything that you desire this morning,
everything. We’ve taken this month as—last
month, we pray that it was a blessing as we talked about a month of
sanctification, and we talked about Obed-edom, and the blessings of God. What a wonderful time, what a wonderful
time. And, this month, we’re going to
talk about something else, and our theme for the month—I’m not going to read
it, but, we’d like to dwell on this for just a bit 1 Corinthians 15:28 And when all
things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject
unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. If we could bow our heads for just
a moment. Lord, all of creation knows
you are amazing, and we are stymied in your presence. We thank You for Your goodness and Your
mercy. We thank You for Your
kindness. We thank You for Your
patience. We thank You for Your
strength. We thank You for everything
that You’ve showered down, even the things that just passed through our minds,
You’re so good to us. Anyway, we thank
You for everything. We thank You for
this time to come and worship in Your presence this morning. We pray it ministers to us, and, God, we turn
around and ask for a blessing on Your message this morning as we go over to
intermeddle and to intervene with God, we ask that it would do, as Your Word
said, what You sent it out to do in every one of our lives, and not return unto
You void, but accomplish that to which You sent it. So, we present ourselves, we lay ourselves,
and we pray and claim in Jesus’ name, and everyone said, amen. So, First Corinthians fifteen and
twenty-eight, “And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the
Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God
may be all in all.” Our service—the
title for the message today is, “Am I Your All in All?” Three parts this morning: Part 1: The
Word of God Abideth Forever As we go to this verse in
Corinthians, fifteen and verse twenty-eight, Paul, as he was writing to the people
of Corinth, to the Corinthians, he was talking about a time to come that was
not yet. And he let them know that there
as more to come in this belief, in this faith.
Corinth was a city in ancient Greece, which made the inhabitants
Gentiles, but it was a city wholly full of idolatry. It was a city given, and wrapped up in,
idolatry. One of the biggest temples
they had, one of the most—one that was more visited, that had the most
influence, was the temple to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Now, this, of course, if you know anything
about Greek mythology, and anything specifically about Aphrodite, and then, in
Roman times, became Venus, you always just knew that there was a sensuality to
her. Nowadays, they call it sensual,
but, back then, it was just plain sexual immorality. And that was what was popular. It was all about fertility; it was all about
doing what feels good; it was all about exploiting—that’s what it was all
about. And, so, this was given unto the
city of Corinth, and this was one of the battles that they had. So, being Gentiles, and unknowledgeable about
many things about the truth of God, Apostle Paul had to cover a wide variety of
things. We see, in earlier chapters, he
covers things from seeking to be unified.
He also talked to them about there’s a difference between the spirit and
fleshly things that go on. He even had
to deal with—in a few earlier chapters, he even had to deal with fornication
and adultery in the church, in the church!
They would bring it into the church, and he had to let them know, these
things are not of God. He had to let
them know, you might come to church, but, doing these things, you won’t make it
to the purpose of what worship is supposed to get you into, you won’t make it
to Heaven. But, here in chapter 15, though he
begins talking of the resurrection, or how we will be raised from the dead, and
this was big deal. In fact, we won’t be
able to cover—there’s no way we will be able to cover First Corinthians fifteen
in one sitting. The resurrection of the
dead is such a precious thing, it hadn’t happened before, it wasn’t given
before, now, people who are unwise, unlearned in the ways of God need to learn
that you have the ability if you trust in Him, if you follow Him, to be
resurrected from the dead into eternal life.
Our excerpt this month is from this chapter, and that setting. 1 Corinthians 15:28 And when all
things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject
unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. When all things would be subdued,
they were not yet subdued, but when they would be, then the Son also would be
subject to Him, the Son would be subject to Him that put all things under Him,
that God may be all in all. Even that
one verse, there, it would take us clean through the end of the week to do any
type of justice for us. But, we don’t
have to the end of the week; I’m sure some you want to go and, you know, eat
some time today. The Bible says that God might be all in all;
the Bible says: John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth. The Word was made flesh. The Word of God is forever, but the Son, the
flesh, has a beginning and an end. The
Word of God abideth forever (1 Peter 1:23), but the flesh, the Son, has both a
beginning and an end. I’d like you to
turn to the Book of Matthew, chapter one, verse twenty-one, and we’re going to
do a little bit of reading, here.
Matthew, chapter one, verse twenty-one, if you would. Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou
shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. So, she would bring forth a son,
and they would call His name Jesus, and He shall save His people from their
sins. Luke 22:37 For I say unto you,
that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned
among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. The Lord speaking, He said, “…the
things concerning Me…” the Son, the flesh, these things have an end, but the
Word abideth forever. The Word of God
will never go away, will never change, will never lose any of its power, but,
the things concerning the flesh, those things will be subject, those things
will be subject to God that He might be all in all. The Word of God abideth forever. 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. “…by the Word of God, which liveth
and abideth for ever.” The things of the
flesh might have an end, but the Word abideth forever, that God might be all in
all. Part 2: The
Goodness of God Is Boundless I had an opportunity a little
while ago to listen to somebody share a testimony, shared about how they had
been hooked on crack cocaine for umpteen years, “For umpteen years, I was
hooked on crack.” I have known some people who have dabbed in that and they
say, “One hit, and you’re addicted.” One
hit. I don’t know, don’t want to
know. I don’t want that experience,
don’t want to travel—don’t need to travel down that road. But, this person who was giving a testimony
talked about how they were addicted to crack cocaine for umpteen years, and
then they went on to say, but God delivered them. It was a powerful testimony; I thought, “How
marvelous that is!” to be hooked on something like crack—like I said, don’t
want to know, don’t need to know, don’t need to taste it, experience it, I
don’t even need to see it. But, it is
marvelous to hear that God is restoring and repairing the breach in people’s
lives, and, then, right after that, I heard other testimonies. People talking about, “I was a
fornicator. I couldn’t stop. But, you know what? God gave me a way out.” “I was a person, I was in an abusive situation,
and I just needed to find a way out, and God gave me a way out.” And testimony after testimony, people getting
healed and, people, marvelous things and wonderful things happening in people’s
lives, God doing it for them. And, as I
was bearing witness to all of that, the devil walked up and said to me, you
know, prince of the power of the air) “Well, you ain’t got all that good of a
testimony. You know what you need to
do? You need to go out and dabble in some
of that sin, and, that way, when God delivers you, you’ll have a better
testimony.” That’s the kind of foolishness
the devil will come and try. Anybody
ever…? But, immediately, you go ahead,
and you put that to rest. You put that
to rest, because, right after the devil comes to say something stupid like
that, God comes along, and He says, “You don't have to go to crack to know that
I am a deliverer. And you don’t have to
be in abusive situations to know that I can restore you. And you don’t have to suffer to know that I
have bridged the gap. You don’t have to
be a person that’s broke, busted, disgusted and can’t be trusted to know that
the Lord Jesus will make a way. You
don't have to—you don’t have to be sick and go through every single illness in
the book to know that God’s a healer. You
don’t have to do that. I am your God.” “Here I am to say that you are my God.” I told y’all that you were dipping into the
message. I’m looking at that, saying,
“Oh, I’ll cut this out, cut that out…”
You don’t have to do those things to know that God is a healer, He is a
restorer, a repairer of the breach, and God is good. And, the truth of the matter is, He has
delivered--I don’t know everybody’s testimony, but I know what He has delivered
me from. For the Bible says, “For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23) All have!
So, we know that everybody who’s saved, God has done that work. He has done what nobody else could do; God
has restored the pledge and repaired the breach. If you’ve ever been a person to
find yourself in any of these situations, and you think that, “God won’t be the
one who will come to restore me, it will just be so hard, and so hot—I don’t
know. He’s done it for others, but will
He do it for me?” If you’ve ever found
yourself doubting, wondering, whether or if God could, whether God would, the
Bible says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
(John 3:16) It doesn’t matter who you
are. It doesn’t matter where you
are. If we repent and turn to God, He
gave His Son for us. Now, the goodness of God goes far
beyond Him just being good to deliver us in illness. And, it even goes beyond Him delivering us from
temptation. The goodness of God even goes
far beyond Him giving you a wonderful job or making a way to put food on your
table, or even putting a house over your head.
The goodness of God goes even beyond Him having a bed for you sleep in,
and making a way for you family. The
goodness of God actually goes beyond that. You see, the true goodness of God goes so far,
that, even the fishes in the water know He's good. The true goodness of God lets the birds of
the air know that God is good. And, the
true goodness of God, everything on the face of the earth knows that God is
good. From the Book of Job, if we could
to the Book of Job: Job 12:7-9 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach
thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the
earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto
thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? But ask now the beasts, and they
shall tell thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee, or
speak. The Earth itself, it shall
declare it. The fishes in the sea, they
shall declare unto thee. Who, out of all
of these, doesn’t know the goodness and the richness of Almighty God? The goodness of God, and His magnificence,
goes beyond us. And, it even goes further than
that; the goodness of God goes to the elements and the seas. They know who He is. Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said
unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind
ceased, and there was a great calm. Even the elements know that He is
God, and He is good. Even the seas know
that He’s God, and He is good. The wind,
and the earth, and, if we were to read the next couple of verse of that, the
only ones who didn’t know the greatness of God, in there, was the
disciples. “What manner of man is this,
that even the wind and the seas…?” (Mark 4:41)
The fowls of the air knew. The
creeping things in the earth knew. The
fishes knew. The waves knew. The seas…
The only ones who didn’t know, were the disciples; they knew He was
good, they just didn’t know He was that good.
And, actually, it even goes beyond that.
The planets, who speak a language that we can't comprehend, they know
that God is good. The sun, which gives
life is there because it knows the goodness of God. And, even the greater beings that they try to
make movies about—they’ve got so many goofy movies out, I can’t stand it. People, they wait for me to come to work, and
they want to tell me about this new TV series.
That’s got to just be trial. I
didn’t know. There’s a series about
Lucifer, and they were all running up to tell me, “Hey, he’s a good guy! Lucifer!
He’s a good guy!” And, there’s
another one, it’s either “Preacher,” or “Priest,” or something like that, and
he’s a bad guy. They’ve got so many
goofy movies out! But, anyway, the
angels in heaven know that He is good, and even that he is great. His mercy endures forever (Psalms 136), and
beside Him there is no other (Isaiah 44:8). And, even the angels from hell know the extent
of the greatness of God: Mark 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do
with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who
thou art, the Holy One of God. “I know who You are!” The devils know! “I know who You are, Lord Jesus! You’re the Holy One! The Holy One of God! That’s who You are!” So, even the angels know who He is. What about the Lord Himself? Did
He know the extent? I mean, after all,
he was a baby at one time; did he know the extent of who He was? John 17:4 I have glorified
thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine
own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. “And now, O Father, glorify thou
me…” “Glorify thou Me.” “You glorify Me with thine own self with the
glory that I had with thee before, before everything that is seen came
about.” Before the world was. “…glorify thou Me with the glory that I had
with thee with thine own self before ever anything came about.” Yes, He knew what He was. He knew who he was, and he knew whose He was.
To the sun, and the planets, and
the stars, He is their Creator. To the
devils, He is their tormentor. To the wind and the seas, He is their master. A boundless God; a God who has no
boundaries. So, how much more of that
would He be unto us who are recipients of His precious and Holy Spirit? Who are recipients of that Spirit? How much
more to us? So we have a contrast, we have a
contrast, here, because we are a people who deal in limits. We deal in boundaries. We deal in finiteness. And, we appeal, we appease, we go to a God
who has no boundaries, who has no boundaries, who is infinite. For he creates the light and the darkness; He
is all. And, what a challenge it is for
us to go to a God who is all, when we are still trying to define what ‘all’
really is. What a challenge. So that begs the question: Why, if God has so much, and is so much, and
exists and is everything, why and what does He have to do with us? What does He need? What does He desire? From God’s point of view, we want to
speak. What could He possible
desire? Honestly? Us. Us. God
actually desires us. The infinite One,
the marvelous One, the great Creator, the One being, the magnificent One, the
omniscient One, the omnipresent One, that Almighty God actually desires
us. He desires, yes, the affection of
children, and, yes, He desires the hearts and minds of adolescents, and He even
wants the efforts and the desires of those who are adults. He wants us to share with Him, from our
point—He already knows what’s going on—but he wants us to share with Him what
is precious to us, that we can have a relationship. And then He can give us wisdom, and watch out
for us, but He wants to do it by our beckoning.
The Bible says that the creature was made subject to vanity, not
willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope (Romans
8:20). God didn’t want us to be able to
turn to ignorance, and devilishness, and iniquity, but the only way for to get
us to turn to God willingly was to for us also to have a way to turn away. So, He made us subject to vanity, not
willingly, but, by reason of Him who subjected the same in hope. He wants us to choose Him. I would like to take out just another
moment to talk about something I like to call the great lie. No, this isn’t a World War II thing; this is
a lie that’s been going on since creation, since creation itself. The great lie. The great lie is to think that God is not all
in all. A Great lie is to think that maybe
we can confess it with our mouths but not believe it in our hearts. After all, even though His will might be
sovereign, even though His Word says that all things work together for good to
those that love Him (Romans 8:28), it’s not really going to work out for
me. A great lie is to think that, whereas
the people who know the Lord, and say that God can, the great lie is to think
that either He can’t or He won’t. That’s
a great lie. Which is why the Lord says
to us without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that cometh to God
must believe that He is, and He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him
(Hebrews 11:6). The great lie is on its
way to take us away from the preciousness, and the wholesomeness, the holiness
of that one omnisicient, omnipotent God.
The great lie. And, you know
what? it’s done a darn good job to very, very many, for wide is the gate, and
broad is the way that has led so many to destruction (Mathew 7:14). A great lie is to think that God from Himself
would not reach out to save you, to save us, to reach His hand out to us, that,
no matter what the situation is, for whatever reason, God won’t show up on the scene. That’s a great lie. A great lie is to trust more in your feelings
than in His Holy Spirit or in His precious Word. A great lie, a great lie. But, there is a remedy for the great lies in
the Book of John. We’ve said it before;
we need to say it again: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. Part 3: Who Am
I To You? Who am I to you? That God could be all in all, but, who am I
to you? He asked the Apostles, in
Matthew chapter sixteen; He asked the Apostles a question: Matthew 16:13 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. 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. 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. And I will give
unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven. In verse thirteen, 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.” I used to be in that boat. I used to belong to a religion that made you
convinced that the Lord Jesus was just another prophet in a long succession of
prophets. For, God, the Almighty, would
not extend His Holy self down to people, to ignorant, filthy, low, dirty people. I used to be part of that boat, and I went on
to convince people of that. But, you
know, it’s hard to fight, when you’re so small, to fight against a great big
God. It’s hard to fight Him. It’s hard to push a lie in the face of
omniscient truth. So, who—and, then,
after they gave those replies, in verse number fifteen, He put out the question:
“But whom do you say that I am? Who am I to you? Who am I to you?” Verse sixteen: And Simon Peter answered and said, “Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
And Jesus went on to tell him, “Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for
flesh and blood hath not revealed this, but my Father which is in heaven.” When our eyes get opened, it wasn’t an
accident. It wasn’t something that we
just conjured up ourselves. It wasn’t
something that happened to be coming that way.
When our eyes were opened to His Truth, it is the fabulous, magnificent
will of God. It had a purpose, and it
was intentional, intentional for us
to see that. God made it happen he meant
for it to happen. No matter how the
circumstance was. We’ll hear people talk
about, “I was on a park bench, and somebody came up to me…” “My car broke down, and this happened.” God
made a way for Him to come to you, for Him to come to His people. “Who do you say that I am?” If you’ve learned and you’ve seen, and you’ve
experienced that You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God, He gives
something, He says: “And I say also unto
thee, you, Peter, upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell won’t
prevail against it.” Let Jesus be your
Lord and Savior, and even the gates of hell can’t tear it down. The only way for it to leave is for you to
give it up. The only way for it to leave
is for you to say, “That’s it. I can’t continue.” It has to be a choice; you stay with God, He
stays with you. And, you know, that’s part of the
problem. That’s part of the problem in
the world, today, right now. My family
called me, and they asked me from Baltimore, and they talked about, “Hey, we
ain’t never seen it this bad before. We
got riots. We got racism. It’s all over the place. Isn’t that the worst thing facing the
country?” I had to tell them, “No, the
worst thing, actually, facing the country is sin. That’s the worst thing facing the country.” “But, Parrish, you’ve got to admit, you know,
we ain’t never seen it like this.” “Hey,
look, I was in Baltimore in the 1660’s. The
National Guard was in our street, outside my door. I’ve seen it worse. And, even then, the greatest problem we had,
as a nation, was sin.” Sin brings up
racism. Sin brings up ageism. Sin brings up feminism and chauvinism. Sin brings up this crazy mess. Sin distracts you away for the true purpose of
God. Sin takes you away. Sin is the problem. Well, we got people warring in factions, I’ll
tell you the truth, ain’t nobody right!
If everybody comes to God, and says, “God, I haven’t done what’s right;
I’ll let you be all in all in his situation.”
Case solved! He’ll pour it out,
He’ll solve it, He’ll fix it, and then we’ll say, “I don’t know how He did it,
but God did it.” Not everybody wants to
hear that, not everybody wants to hear that.
Some people want to say, “Well, yeah, but we got to go out and do it
ourselves.” Okay; we’ll see how that
works out for you. But, who is God to
you? To Abraham, to Abraham, He’s Jehovah-jireh,
the provider. Genesis 22:13-14 And
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a
thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for
a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that
place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it
shall be seen. To Abraham He was Jehovah-jireh, my
provider. And, in the Book of Exodus, in
Moses’ time, He’s Jehovah-Nissi. Exodus 17:14-15 And the
LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in
the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from
under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it
Jehovah–nissi: Jehovah-nissi, my banner, my
ensign. This is the cause of everything
that I do. This is the name that I go
out in. And, Moses, there was another one:
Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to
the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight,
and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put
none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for
I am the LORD that healeth thee. Jehovah–Rapha, the LORD who heals.
To Gideon He was Jehovah-Shalom Judges 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the
LORD, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the
Abi–ezrites. The LORD is our Peace. Jehovah-shalom. To Ezekiel, He was Jehovah-Shammah,
the LORD is present. Ezekiel 48:35 It was round
about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall
be, The LORD is there. Jehovah-Shammah, the LORD is
present. He is with us. In Jeremiah, He was El-Gmulot: Jeremiah 51:56 Because the spoiler
is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of
their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. El-Gmulot, the God of recompense. In the time of Abraham, He was El
Shaddai: Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and
nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect. El-Shaddai: God Almighty;
powerful, and nourisher, and sustainer. El-Shaddai. But David had something else to
say (this is that song that you put in there, “Praise that Wonderful name of Jesus”):
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, and my high tower. To David, He was Jehovah-Mephalti,
the Lord my Deliverer. He was also Jehovah-Metshodhathi,
the Lord my Fortress. He was also
Jehovah-Misqabbi, the Lord my High Tower. All wrapped up into one verse. All wrapped up into one verse and how, how,
how could David say, “He’s so much to me, I can’t—I got to put it all in one
verse?” Why didn’t Moses expound, and Abraham
expound, why didn’t Jeremiah and Daniel and all them expound on what the Lord was
to them? And God will tell you, “I am
all things, according to what you need.”
To Andy and Sonia, you might say, “He’s a keeper of a marriage.” To me, He’s being able to keep me when I’m
hungry. And, not just that, not just
that; He’s the One who gets me out of bed in the morning. He’s the One that sets my eyes open, and I have
sight in the morning. He’s the One that
keeps me on the road, and, I will say, He’s the One who keeps me when I’m not on the road. He is a sustainer, a provider, a keeper; He
brings peace. He is the giver of all
good and perfect gifts. To the lame and
the blind, He's a healer; to the woman at the well, He’s a forgiver; to Mary Magdalene,
He’s a devil evictor; to Lazarus, He’s a conqueror. The Lord Jesus wants to be our all in all. Amen. Give the Lord a praise.
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