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The Greatest
The Greatest
Welcome back
Hope all had a good week.
We are continuing our study on the names of God - specifically in the OT
It my honest belief that as we get to know more about God and His character we will be drawn to to tell others
"Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?" Leonard Ravenhil
The Greatest
The Greatest
Ever noticed how enamored we are with figuring out who is the best?
Who is the fastest, who is the strongest, who is the smartest, who is the richest?
There are over 53,000 records in the Guinness Worlds Record database
Here are some of them:
Most skips by a cat in one minute
Loudest burp (female)
Longest tongue on a living dog
Most spoons balanced on the body
Most magic tricks underwater in three minutes
Most people eating a single piece of spaghetti simultaneously
Fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head (blindfolded)
Tallest person is 8’ 2.28’’
Usain Bolt is fastest
Elon Musk is the richest at 421.6 billion
But none of these come close to the greatness of God
He is:
The God Most High
This is what we want to dive into today.
Let’s Pray
El Elyon
The first time this is used is when Abram meets Melchizedek.
Let me give you the back story
City States - each with a ruler - and they would fight.
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim 9 with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country. 11 So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. 12 They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.
At the end of this battle Lot, Abram’s nephew is captured.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.
This was amazing that Abram and this small force defeated a great power of the region.
Here enters Melchizedek as Abram returns from battle.
17 After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)
We do not know a lot about him -
He was King of Salem - Jerusalem - meant King of Peace
He was priest to God most high - 1st use of priest
19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
The story ends with the King of Sodom offering a reward but Abram refuses wanting only God to get credit for his victories
The God Most High
What does this mean to us?
We are all looking for something bigger than ourselves
6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
First step:
Admit He is God and we are not
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
Believe God is over all things
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Trust God is in control of all things
10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
The God Most High
The God Most High
This is the God who we can trust
2 For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
He is bigger than any situation we face, any need we have, any question we struggle with.
Better than Abram we have the fufilled promise in Christ.
16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Who better to trust?
Next week - El Shaddai - Genesis 17
Let’s pray
