Leon Garrett - Funeral
LEON GARRETT 4/9/07
LEON WAS BORN THE FIRST TIME
To Everett & Verlie Garrett on September 17th, 1939 at Banner ARK.
LEON WAS BORN AGAIN
Born of God, or saved, here at the Christian Lighthouse Church on Sunday night, March 19th, 2006
JOHN 3:3 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
HE WAS BORN AGAIN OF INCORRUPTIBLE SEED
He was born again to live forever
1 PETER 1:23 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
LEON LIVES TODAY
John 11:25 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
LUKE 20:36 nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God,
MT.22:32 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
HIS NAME WAS WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE
Rev. 3:55 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
WHICH IS REQUIRED TO ENTER OUR HEAVENLY HOME
Rev. 20:12 And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
Rev. 20:15 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
LEON HAS GONE HOME
Heb. 13:1414 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
Heb. 11:10 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Leon is where he was created to be, in a world totally absent of anything bad
HE IS WITH THE LORD
2Cor.5:1-8 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3 if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Leon isn’t present in this body any longer but he is with the Lord God Almighty
TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD IS FAR BETTER
Phil. 1:23 23 …. to depart and be with Christ, which is far better
WHERE IS CHRIST? IN HEAVEN
Eph.1:20 20 …. He raised Him from the dead and seated Him …in the heavenly places,
SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER
Col.3:1 ….Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
LEON IS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Rev.4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven.
...2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
V6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal.
Leon is experiencing all the glory of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
He is in the bliss of the love, warmth, and security of God’s light
1 Tim.6:15 He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
Dan. 2:22 light dwells in Him
We are taught in the scriptures that in the presence of the Light of God there is safety, (no fear), peace, security, comfort, warmth, love, complete perfection, knowledge, and understanding
HE IS IN THE PRESENCE OF PROFOUND WORSHIP
Rev. 4:8 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
“Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!”
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
11 “You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created.”
Leon liked music and singing, he’s experiencing music and singing that words can’t describe
HE IS IN THE COMPANY OF ANGELS
Rev. 5:1111 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne,
ALL THINGS GOOD
REV.21:3-44 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
LEON IS EXPERIENCING JOY UNSPEAKABLE
Ps.16:11 In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
PHIL. 4:7 … the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
IN THE PRESENCE OF LOVED ONES GONE BEFORE THAT KNEW THE LORD
MT. 8:11 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
2COR. 5:8 … to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
LEON IS ENJOYING THE REST OF THE SOUL
HEB.4:99 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
From worry, strife, contention,
Words can’t express the things God has for those of us who love Him
1COR. 2:9 9 But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
IT IS GOD’S DESIRE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
2 PETER 3:8-9 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
JOHN 3:16-17 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
My prayer for you is that you may know the Lord in all His fullness and that you may gain comfort from these words and that the peace of God may keep your heart and mind!!
Thanks for allowing me the privilege to serve you during this time,
Bro. Paul