Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 2/18/15

Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 2/18/15

God moves from eternity. 

We enjoy the songs that were written 200 to 300 years ago, but we have something that goes back further than our hymnal.  The book of Isaiah was written about 600 years before Christ.

Isa 57:13  When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

This is saying, “If people don’t need help from God then go ahead and let their companies take care of them, but there is no help or hope except in God.”

Isa 57:14  And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

God help us to lift up the standard and live the life; so that precious souls will know that there is a God in heaven.  We have a desire to show others that the Word of God is true and that Jesus came to build a church that the enemy cannot destroy, the gates of hell cannot prevail against, and thank God He says, “Take the stumbling block out of the way of my people.”

Those that have been burnt by religion are afraid to go to church and afraid to trust in God.  They don’t realize it, but as long as they are under that mind frame, “I have been burnt…,”  then they are still yoked to them.

We know a God that breaks every yoke.  We could write a book about heartache, sorrow, being burnt, and how the church shouldn’t be.  Aren’t you glad that you have been freed from that and aren’t still yoked to, “So-in-so did me wrong here or there.”

Isa 57:15  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Aren’t you glad to be yoked to God in heaven whose name is Holy?  When we pray, “Our Father, we are addressing the God that is Holy with everyone that is saved.  We are praying to the same God that the saints in Cuba are praying to.

“Heaven is a holy place filled with glory and with grace, sin can never enter there.”  He inhabits eternity His name is Holy. 

He said, “I dwell there.”  Isn’t it marvelous that in an instant, you can have a contact in heaven?  We can go back and thank God so much for His help.  When He protects us we have a lot to be thankful for.  To have the privilege of having instant access to heaven! 

Whether we are a child at school, a wife at home, on the job or in a difficult situation.  It is wonderful that we can address heaven and He is there.  He doesn’t slumber or sleep.

He dwells with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit.  We don’t ever want to feel that we have arrived at a most humble place, “God keep the mirror of the Word and Spirit of God directed toward me and show me how I can be more humble.” 

Humility brings us into a wonderful position before God.  He resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.  We need audience with God.

He revives the contrite ones.  It was written 6 or seven hundred years before Christ.  It was written for Isaiah’s day and for Jeremiah’s day.  Things were in difficult straits and the temple was in disrepair.  They did a little to rebuild it and met with great resistance.  They needed their spirit revived.

If you need your spirit revived, then don’t hesitate to say, “God revive my spirit.”  If it is not revived by God then we will look for something else to perk us up a bit.  We can call upon mankind for help or trust in the eternal God for divine intervention.  We can get help from the saints, but we thank God for spiritual help from God. 

The prayer of those that hope in God is, “Cast up the way.”  It is, “Oh God, show us the highway.”  God’s ways are not our ways.  His thoughts are not our thoughts.  His ways are higher and His thoughts are higher.  “God show me the highway and help me to know the way to get there.”

God remove the stumbling blocks:  The enemy of souls has a way of blowing out of proportion whatever it might be so that people don’t get to God and truth.  Often times it is in their minds they have blown it out of proportion. 

There are people that are inflators.  If they know that someone has something against something, they will come along and blow a little air into it and it gets bigger and bigger.  God help us to not only remove stumbling blocks but not make them any bigger.

He dwells in a high and holy place, but He also dwells with the contrite and the humble.  If you need revived, God already knew it and made provision for it.  From eternity comes help from Him that is Holy.  Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father who art in heaven.”

I’m always interested in what is recorded once, twice, three times or four times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The rich young ruler is recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

Mat 19:16  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

There is an acknowledgement in this young man that his soul is going to live on.

Mat 19:17  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mat 19:18  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mat 19:19  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mat 19:20  The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

That is a really old question isn’t it?  In this valley, since anyone was here, all that the valley produced, the fine place to live before the white man was here, yet there was something lacking in the lives of all that didn’t know God. 

I think of individuals that choose the city life.  They look for something that will fill the hole, it doesn’t fill the hole.  Some people think, “I’d like to find a place of solitude somewhere.  It will not fill the hole.  The only thing that will fill the hole is Jesus Christ.

Mat 19:21  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Isn’t it marvelous the things that were offered to this young man?  We look at the requests made tonight, the list goes on and on.  We don’t know all the details.  But isn’t it something that Jesus said, “If thou wilt be perfect…”  What an opportunity was given this young man and is given all that are on the list. 

Thou shalt have treasure in heaven, come and follow me:  We don’t want to ever have so much that it hinders us from coming.  What God has blessed you with, don’t use as a burden or a hindrance, but use it as something to help others and ourselves to be able to come.

Mat 19:22  But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

I thought of our burdens tonight, Karen and I’s, and the Paradise church.  We are burdened for many that have great treasure.  They are rich.  There are some people that have money today, but that is not the wealth that I am referring to.  They are rich in pleasure, in plans, a lot of them are rich in ability; they are rich in possessions too. 

People are rich in things that they look to provide something for the emptiness of the soul.  When this young man heard that he had to unload so that he could follow, the bible says that he went away sorrowful.

Mat 19:23  Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 19:24  And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Mat 19:25  When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Mat 19:26  But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Mark:

Mar 10:27  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Luke:

Luk 18:27  And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

God knows how to prepare our heart to realize that “I really need God.”  Rich in excuses, in resistance, in their own thoughts, entertainment, pleasure, and other things.

Tonight for those that you are burdened for, however impossible it looks, you may say, “Other than God that is impossible.”  It is, but don’t forget that there is a God in heaven that you can have instant contact with. 

God moves from eternity.  You and I won’t convince anyone on the list, we will not convince any on the unspoken prayer list, but there is a God in heaven that moves from eternity.  When God’s people pray and agree in prayer, as it was with Jeremiah, God moved and worked with Jeremiah even before he was born.

God is able to move upon whomever it might be.  The least likely, the one that it is impossible with men, it is not impossible with God. 

You are 100% right in asking God to do the impossible.  You can touch eternity tonight, the high and lofty one that inhabits eternity, and by faith lay hold on Him to hear your prayer.  God will hear, He will revive the spirit of the humble. 

The enemy visited me with unbelief today.  I chose to resist it.  He may come back tomorrow and if he does the only thing to do is to resist him, steadfast in the faith.  We serve a God that inhabits eternity and dwells with the contrite and the humble.