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 Friends, a couple days ago we celebrated in Canada the 50th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, proposed and fought for by our 13th Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker, but unfortunately there was no fanfare over it. Why? I don’t know. Possibly because it’s status has been since downgraded to 2nd place by our Charter of Rights. But Friends, this is where it all began, and every country in our world needs to have these freedoms entrenched in their society, else it will perish under autocratic regimes. Now many countries do, but just like here, Big Brother is fast encroaching on those freedoms, using the fear of terrorism as a ruse to interfere with and exert control over our everyday lives. Now is a good time to listen to Mr. Diefenbaker’s words, as he outlined his duty in the summer of 1960, and see how they stack up against today’s reality, 50 years later. ‘I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think is right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This is the heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for my self and all mankind.’ Indeed, strong, powerful, moving and well intentioned words my people! But are they true today? I’ll leave that as an individual decision re whatever country we live in. Now let’s turn to our Bit, detailing the powerful and intriguing attributes of our God. ‘Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen’ We’ve already looked at ‘the King eternal, immortal,’ aspects. Today we’ll tackle the ‘invisible’ quality, which we got a glimpse of yesterday in the immortality scene, (1 Tim.6:16) where Bruh Paul talks about our immortal God who dwells in light that no one can approach; ‘whom no man hath seen, nor can see.’ Why? Because He’s invisible. He’s a Spirit, with no fleshly body, except for that short space of time when Jesus made earth His home. And the writer of Hebrews paints a faithful picture of Moses, who on becoming a man, revoked all his princely privileges and power as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter: ‘By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.’ (Heb.11:27) That must have taken real great faith on Moses’ part, to reject all the finer things and privileges he had grown up with and was entitled to, and incur the inevitable wrath of Pharaoh, to follow an invisible Deity. But Friends, the important thing is that Deity was the God of his real fathers, and he had the Spirit of said Deity bubbling and dwelling in him, talking to him and leading him along certain paths. We all know how hard it is to reject the utterances of the Holy Spirit when it seriously captures the imaginations of our hearts. That’s where the strong faith of the believer is born and controlled. I strongly suspect too that Moses motive wasn’t only exceeding faith, but he knew deep down that the wrath of the God of his fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be greater than that of Pharaoh, if he did not heed His call. And if we look at Bruh Paul’s writing on the guilt of mankind in Romans 1, he says: ‘For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and God-head (divine nature); so that they are without excuse.’ (Rom.1:20) Yes Friends, though our God is invisible to human eyes, we can certainly see and understand all that He’s done in the world from the very day of creation. Psalm 19 brings this is all out quite nicely, where Bruh David extols God’s creation and His covenants. ‘The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (the expanse of heaven) showeth his handiwork (the work of his hands) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth (reveals) knowledge. There is no speech or language, where their voice is not heard.’ (Ps.19:1-3) Oh my people, one of the reasons why the Lord is our God is because He’s invisible but shows His handiwork to man very visibly. He wouldn’t be worthy of the name God, if He was just invisible like so many other so-called gods, with no reality based works or creations to prove His powerful and divine nature. And finally, hear Bruh Paul when talking to the Colossians on the pre-eminence of Christ. ‘In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of (first in rank over) every creature.’ (Col.1:14-15) Jesus is, was and always will be the incarnation, the flesh and blood reality of the mighty, LOVING, merciful, forgiving, King eternal, immortal and invisible God we serve and worship my Friends! ‘For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in (on) earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities (rulers), or powers (authorities): all things were created by him, and for him.’ (Col.1:16) That says it all my brethren! Our God created the universe and all therein for His use and purpose. Let’s remember that and don’t get too big for our breeches, thinking that we have a power and authority that we don’t have. It’s only through our total reliance on the Lord God Jehovah, that we’re enabled to do what we do, and have what we have. Let’s never forget that, and consequently pay Him the homage and deference that he truly deserves. Till tomorrow then, God willing of course, when we’ll continue looking at the wonderful, potent and glorious attributes of our God. Much LOVE!…all who come to Him…must believe…by faith…not by sight…that He truly is…
Oh Friends, a couple days ago we celebrated in Canada the 50th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, proposed and fought for by our 13th Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker, but unfortunately there was no fanfare over it. Why? I don’t know. Possibly because it’s status has been since downgraded to 2nd place by our Charter of Rights. But Friends, this is where it all began, and every country in our world needs to have these freedoms entrenched in their society, else it will perish under autocratic regimes. Now many countries do, but just like here, Big Brother is fast encroaching on those freedoms, using the fear of terrorism as a ruse to interfere with and exert control over our everyday lives. Now is a good time to listen to Mr. Diefenbaker’s words, as he outlined his duty in the summer of 1960, and see how they stack up against today’s reality, 50 years later. ‘I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think is right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This is the heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for my self and all mankind.’ Indeed, strong, powerful, moving and well intentioned words my people! But are they true today? I’ll leave that as an individual decision re whatever country we live in. Now let’s turn to our Bit, detailing the powerful and intriguing attributes of our God. ‘Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen’ We’ve already looked at ‘the King eternal, immortal,’ aspects. Today we’ll tackle the ‘invisible’ quality, which we got a glimpse of yesterday in the immortality scene, (1 Tim.6:16) where Bruh Paul talks about our immortal God who dwells in light that no one can approach; ‘whom no man hath seen, nor can see.’ Why? Because He’s invisible. He’s a Spirit, with no fleshly body, except for that short space of time when Jesus made earth His home. And the writer of Hebrews paints a faithful picture of Moses, who on becoming a man, revoked all his princely privileges and power as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter: ‘By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.’ (Heb.11:27) That must have taken real great faith on Moses’ part, to reject all the finer things and privileges he had grown up with and was entitled to, and incur the inevitable wrath of Pharaoh, to follow an invisible Deity. But Friends, the important thing is that Deity was the God of his real fathers, and he had the Spirit of said Deity bubbling and dwelling in him, talking to him and leading him along certain paths. We all know how hard it is to reject the utterances of the Holy Spirit when it seriously captures the imaginations of our hearts. That’s where the strong faith of the believer is born and controlled. I strongly suspect too that Moses motive wasn’t only exceeding faith, but he knew deep down that the wrath of the God of his fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be greater than that of Pharaoh, if he did not heed His call. And if we look at Bruh Paul’s writing on the guilt of mankind in Romans 1, he says: ‘For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and God-head (divine nature); so that they are without excuse.’ (Rom.1:20) Yes Friends, though our God is invisible to human eyes, we can certainly see and understand all that He’s done in the world from the very day of creation. Psalm 19 brings this is all out quite nicely, where Bruh David extols God’s creation and His covenants. ‘The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (the expanse of heaven) showeth his handiwork (the work of his hands) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth (reveals) knowledge. There is no speech or language, where their voice is not heard.’ (Ps.19:1-3) Oh my people, one of the reasons why the Lord is our God is because He’s invisible but shows His handiwork to man very visibly. He wouldn’t be worthy of the name God, if He was just invisible like so many other so-called gods, with no reality based works or creations to prove His powerful and divine nature. And finally, hear Bruh Paul when talking to the Colossians on the pre-eminence of Christ. ‘In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of (first in rank over) every creature.’ (Col.1:14-15) Jesus is, was and always will be the incarnation, the flesh and blood reality of the mighty, LOVING, merciful, forgiving, King eternal, immortal and invisible God we serve and worship my Friends! ‘For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in (on) earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities (rulers), or powers (authorities): all things were created by him, and for him.’ (Col.1:16) That says it all my brethren! Our God created the universe and all therein for His use and purpose. Let’s remember that and don’t get too big for our breeches, thinking that we have a power and authority that we don’t have. It’s only through our total reliance on the Lord God Jehovah, that we’re enabled to do what we do, and have what we have. Let’s never forget that, and consequently pay Him the homage and deference that he truly deserves. Till tomorrow then, God willing of course, when we’ll continue looking at the wonderful, potent and glorious attributes of our God. Much LOVE!…all who come to Him…must believe…by faith…not by sight…that He truly is…
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