Brother Gary Sunday Evening 9/29/13

Brother Gary Sunday Evening 9/29/13

We live in a world that is ever changing and it is so wonderful that the truth never changes.  Religions may change to make themselves more acceptable to mainstream people, but truth never changes.

Psa 89:1  Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

God is faithful.  Singing of his mercy is a good way to bring ourselves into a good attitude and an attitude of worship.  We consider the faithfulness of God in what He created.  The sun, the moon, the stars and the heavens that we see, or don’t see but know is out there, He keeps in align and it works just right.  God is so faithful to witness to our heart of His faithfulness.

Psa 89:2  For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psa 89:3  I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Psa 89:4  Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

In the greatness of God, God ordained that Jesus Christ be of the lineage of David and from that lineage His church would be established and as the Bible says, His throne would be to all generations.  Even though we have learned some things in life we are well aware that there is a lot that we don’t know.

God established His throne with David.  In the Old Testament the Children of Israel had times of prosperity when they served God.  When they left God they had some heartbreaking times. 

David gave of his wealth to build the temple.  As wonderful as Solomon’s temple was and the glory and worship of God that rested there, the wisdom that was given to Solomon, and his good years of reigning, that all went sour one might say, yet God was faithful.

God has been faithful to every generation.  Tonight everyone that is here, thank God for the children and God will be faithful to them, but everyone that is here that is of mature age has some real concerns for souls.  We understand that unless men and women really get saved, they will be lost forever.

We realize that we are not the first people that have ever been faced with these challenges.  Not everyone that came to truth stayed with truth.  I believe that only eternity will reveal all the good times there have been for the church since it was established in AD 33.  There have been also times of devastation when it looked very black.  But there was always someone that held onto God.

There may have been things this last year that left your heart broken.  There may be things in the natural that are disappointing, but God’s love never changes.

Psa 89:5  And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

Psa 89:6  For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

There is no one that can be compared to God.  We are human and we need God.  I’ve always needed God but I need Him more today than ever before.  As the brother brought out, we haven’t attained we are still challenged to go forward.

Psa 89:7  God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

When we approach God in prayer, it is really a reverent thing.  What would it be like to be able to talk to our dad?  Even though our earthly parents pass off the scene of action and they sometimes leave without saying goodbye not because they wanted to, but that just happens.  We have a heavenly Father that is faithful and will always be right by.  He is faithful.

Psa 89:8  O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Psa 89:9  Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

When I first started studying the thought of the disquieted soul, I came to the thought of roaring.  At first, I couldn’t grasp the thought of a soul roaring.  As I have studied and thought and worked through this and seen and thought of individuals I understand that there are people whose soul knows no peace.  It is always upset and as a very turbulent ocean, the waves are raging, always coming up or going down.  God alone can speak the Word and calm the sea and calm the storm. 

Psa 89:10  Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Psa 89:11  The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

We can trust God’s mighty arm, we can trust the strength and the right hand of God.

Aren’t you glad that God knows justice?  There is little justice in the world but God dwells with justice.  He has been so just to us.  As much measuring as we needed when we got saved, as much learning and training, and as ignorant as we were about so many things, He saved us, forgave us and cleansed us.  

God doesn’t hold something against us because we are ignorant.  People think that we ought to be able to read their mind.  God is not that way.  When He has something to tell us, not in the thought of condemning, He says, “Son or daughter, you must step up higher. In order to step higher you must lay aside some things.” 

God sits right there as a refiner of gold and silver with a hot fire.  He cleanses us as the dross comes up.  He is so just.

There is something wonderful about you and I doing right in every situation. When you call a sinner and say “I’m sorry.”  It is not always easy to do.  We hold a high profession.  We believe in being Spirit lead and walking in the light.  When God puts His finger on something and says, “This is what you have to do to clear this up.”  Sometimes it is tough. 

There is something about God dealing with us, when we let His judgment come upon us and we do what is right then His justice takes care of a lot of things.  If we don’t then…, I want to see souls saved.  I didn’t want anything between me and this man or between him and some other congregation.  We have to be clear. 

Whatever it takes for me to be clear, I have to do.  I had to be very vulnerable.  Sometimes we are very self-protecting.  When there is something that has to be worked though you and I have to be the individuals that say, “I will take accountability and I am going to be humble and work through this.”

It is vital that we know how things are going to be if we are responsible.  You need to have enough God to identify if something is strange out there.  You parents are accountable for your children. 

Psa 89:12  The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

It is wonderful how the compass is.  It always points north and south.  It is wonderful that we can always have direction.  It is good to rehearse over and over again.  We want to do everything that we can to help people to know how to get to heaven. 

Psa 89:13  Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Psa 89:14  Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Psa 89:15  Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Isn’t it wonderful to know when God is speaking to you?  Isn’t it wonderful for someone to have an exhortation that comes from someone who’s been on their knees?  When you feel a song, you really sing it.

His eye is on the sparrow is a song that a beautiful young lady sang beautifully.  There was an old man that was called to the platform and sang the exact same song without embarrassment.  When the judges said who had the best hymn, it was the old man that could not sing all that well.  When someone said, “I cannot believe that you won.”  He said, “She sang from talent, I wrote the song.”

When God gives you a song, you can sing, when God gives you an exhortation, you can bring it.  When God gives a pastor a message, he can preach it.

Psa 89:16  In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psa 89:17  For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.