1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Oh my wonderful Friends in Christ, it’s going to be another hot, humid, hazy day in my neck of the woods, and who knows what it’s going to be in yours. There are also many physical disasters taking place around our world, and many of us are facing serious problems, but, and it’s a BIG BUT, we believers don’t have to be overly worried because we know that Jesus Christ, our Redeemer LIVES. He’s alive and kicking, and in tandem with the Father is still in control of all the goings ons’ in the world. We might not understand or appreciate all the whys and wherefores of His plans and actions, but because of that overwhelming faith we possess, and that Holy Spirit dwelling in us, we can continue our earthly journey in relative peace, full of hope here on earth, but excitedly looking forward to that glorious day when we join Him in heaven. Wow mih people! That wasn’t me, it was the Holy Spirit guiding me to remind us of those unalterable, encouraging and uplifting facts. I guess He figured we needed an early morning boost to our spirits. And having said all that, here’s a quote from Ginger Hutton, a freelance writer with a column titled ‘Obsessions’ in the East Tennessee Catholic newspaper. ‘My handicap is part of me because I have had to make peace with it. And in so doing, I’ve made peace with the less obvious handicaps of other people, like resentment, prejudice and hate.’ Yes Friends, until we make peace with whatever is holding us back, whether it be mental, emotional, spiritual or physical handicaps, we’ll never have true peace with ourselves or anybody else. So it’s to everybody’s benefit for us to grapple and come to terms, asap, with those things and people that are intruding in our program of peace. And now that we’ve given our sermon for the day, (smile) let’s turn to our Bit, which delights me in its simplicity, but also moves me with the power it contains and calls forth. ‘Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.’ Yuh know Friends, every time I read it, I am overwhelmed by the magnificent attributes of our God! That’s why He’s the ONE and ONLY TRUE God! No one else claiming deity can match His most impressive résumé! Yesterday we had a glimpse into ‘the King eternal’ aspect. Today, we’ll consider the immortal scene, and whatever else we have time and space for. And for that immortal stuff, we’ll just stick with Bruh Paul. Remember yesterday in the kingly aspect we quoted him re the ‘only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of Lords?’ Well this is the verse that follows it. ‘Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.’ (1 Tim.6:16) Oh my people, don’t you just LOVE Bruh Paul’s description of our God! A being dwelling in light, which no man can even approach, that no man has ever seen, or can see! That also speaks to His invisible powers, which we’ll deal with later. It also speaks of a higher power than man, therefore worthy of our reverence and worship. And if that’s not enough, we can turn to Romans 1, where Bruh Paul’s talking about the guilt of mankind, where man did not respect God: ‘Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain (futile) in their imaginations (thoughts), and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible (imperishable) God into an image made like to corruptible (perishable) man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things…Who changed (exchanged) the truth of God into a lie (for the lie), and worshipped and served the creature more (rather) than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.’ (Rom.1:21-23,25) In other words Friends, man does not respect the Lord’s immortality, His Alpha and Omega presence, being the First and Last, when we begin to worship the things He created, instead of Him, the Creator. And idolatry is something our God greatly despises, so much so that He made it the First Commandment: ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ (Ex.20:3) And there are warnings all through the Good Book on idolatry, but we don’t pay them much attention and continue to idolize and worship the perishable things of the world, while rejecting the immortal and imperishable God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which isn’t very smart of us, mih people. And again in 2 Tim.1:10, Bruh Paul declares: ‘But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.’ My Friends, we can’t give what we don’t have, therefore if Jesus, by way of the Father, brought us light and immortality through the gospel, then obviously our God does have immortality, as well as the power to grant it. And all God’s people shouted a joyous: ‘All praise and thanks be to our eternal King, and immortal God!’ Now let’s go out and show the entire world that we are truly His children and disciples by walking in His footsteps, doing the things He’d appreciate. Till tomorrow then, God willing, when we’ll continue discussing the glorious qualities of our Lord, Much LOVE!…to know, know, know Him…is to LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Him…
Oh my wonderful Friends in Christ, it’s going to be another hot, humid, hazy day in my neck of the woods, and who knows what it’s going to be in yours. There are also many physical disasters taking place around our world, and many of us are facing serious problems, but, and it’s a BIG BUT, we believers don’t have to be overly worried because we know that Jesus Christ, our Redeemer LIVES. He’s alive and kicking, and in tandem with the Father is still in control of all the goings ons’ in the world. We might not understand or appreciate all the whys and wherefores of His plans and actions, but because of that overwhelming faith we possess, and that Holy Spirit dwelling in us, we can continue our earthly journey in relative peace, full of hope here on earth, but excitedly looking forward to that glorious day when we join Him in heaven. Wow mih people! That wasn’t me, it was the Holy Spirit guiding me to remind us of those unalterable, encouraging and uplifting facts. I guess He figured we needed an early morning boost to our spirits. And having said all that, here’s a quote from Ginger Hutton, a freelance writer with a column titled ‘Obsessions’ in the East Tennessee Catholic newspaper. ‘My handicap is part of me because I have had to make peace with it. And in so doing, I’ve made peace with the less obvious handicaps of other people, like resentment, prejudice and hate.’ Yes Friends, until we make peace with whatever is holding us back, whether it be mental, emotional, spiritual or physical handicaps, we’ll never have true peace with ourselves or anybody else. So it’s to everybody’s benefit for us to grapple and come to terms, asap, with those things and people that are intruding in our program of peace. And now that we’ve given our sermon for the day, (smile) let’s turn to our Bit, which delights me in its simplicity, but also moves me with the power it contains and calls forth. ‘Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.’ Yuh know Friends, every time I read it, I am overwhelmed by the magnificent attributes of our God! That’s why He’s the ONE and ONLY TRUE God! No one else claiming deity can match His most impressive résumé! Yesterday we had a glimpse into ‘the King eternal’ aspect. Today, we’ll consider the immortal scene, and whatever else we have time and space for. And for that immortal stuff, we’ll just stick with Bruh Paul. Remember yesterday in the kingly aspect we quoted him re the ‘only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of Lords?’ Well this is the verse that follows it. ‘Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.’ (1 Tim.6:16) Oh my people, don’t you just LOVE Bruh Paul’s description of our God! A being dwelling in light, which no man can even approach, that no man has ever seen, or can see! That also speaks to His invisible powers, which we’ll deal with later. It also speaks of a higher power than man, therefore worthy of our reverence and worship. And if that’s not enough, we can turn to Romans 1, where Bruh Paul’s talking about the guilt of mankind, where man did not respect God: ‘Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain (futile) in their imaginations (thoughts), and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible (imperishable) God into an image made like to corruptible (perishable) man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things…Who changed (exchanged) the truth of God into a lie (for the lie), and worshipped and served the creature more (rather) than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.’ (Rom.1:21-23,25) In other words Friends, man does not respect the Lord’s immortality, His Alpha and Omega presence, being the First and Last, when we begin to worship the things He created, instead of Him, the Creator. And idolatry is something our God greatly despises, so much so that He made it the First Commandment: ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ (Ex.20:3) And there are warnings all through the Good Book on idolatry, but we don’t pay them much attention and continue to idolize and worship the perishable things of the world, while rejecting the immortal and imperishable God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which isn’t very smart of us, mih people. And again in 2 Tim.1:10, Bruh Paul declares: ‘But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.’ My Friends, we can’t give what we don’t have, therefore if Jesus, by way of the Father, brought us light and immortality through the gospel, then obviously our God does have immortality, as well as the power to grant it. And all God’s people shouted a joyous: ‘All praise and thanks be to our eternal King, and immortal God!’ Now let’s go out and show the entire world that we are truly His children and disciples by walking in His footsteps, doing the things He’d appreciate. Till tomorrow then, God willing, when we’ll continue discussing the glorious qualities of our Lord, Much LOVE!…to know, know, know Him…is to LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Him…
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