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The Almighty One
10:00 AM
Opening Prayer
Introduction
There are many voices in the world, all of them proclaiming
they have the answers for success in the world
they have the answers for the worlds problems
There is only one voice that truly does have answers for us
Lets look at our theme verse for today, Revelation 1:8 (NLT)
Revelation 1:8 reminds us that we are still in the middle of God’s plan and purpose.
And, there is an end to God’s plan.
Jesus Christ “is still to come”
And, when He comes, it will be as the “Almighty One”
The book of revelation begins with Revelation 1:1-2
This book, Revelation, tells us that we are to look forward.
There are e”events that must soon take place”.
What is coming is greater than what we have seen.
Much of what we find in Revelation is about judgement coming on the earth.
These are not things we want to see happening, yet the news is full of
the war in the Ukraine
the Pandemic and worries about the next virus whether it is Monkey Pox or some new and unnamed virus.
there are worries about inflation and worries about supply chains with shortages in fuel and food
But what is written in Revelation is not there to cause us to worry about what is coming.
We do face challenges today and there are more to come ahead
However, Jesus said this to his disciples in John 15:11
When the news around us is so worrisome, what things did Jesus tell them that would fill them with joy?
Take some time on your own and read back a little bit and you will find John 14:18
and John 14:26
and John 14:26
There is much more we could cover, but this promise from Jesus that “your joy will overflow” all begins with
Jesus taking his place on the throne in heaven
And, Jesus has given us access to His authority, telling us in Hebrews 4:16
There is help for us now
There is Hope for us now
There is Joy for us now
We also though, know that there is an end to all of these things
At the end of the Bible, it says in Revelation 21:6-7
At the end there will be blessings because he says “All who are victorious will inherit these blessings”
In some translations the word “victorious” is “overcomers” or “the one who conquers”
“Overcomers” are those whose lives are characterized by refusal to compromise their faith despite the threat of persecution.
The Good News is not only that we, in Jesus Christ, “inherit all these blessings” at the end,
But we also have help from God now (we could go back and read Isaiah 55:3, or even the whole chapter).
10:20 AM
In the Beginning was the Word
Our theme verse, Rev 1:8 says
We just saw this phrase, “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end” repeated in Revelation in 21:6 where it also says “It is finished”.
This is the end of God’s plan.
But lets go back for a minute to the beginning of John’s gospel and look at what God began doing through Jesus Christ in John 1:1-5
All of creation came into being through “the Word”
“the Word gave life to everything”
It says it this way in Colossians 1:17
He, the Word, Jesus Christ, holds all creation together.
This act of creating “everything through him” was not just a one time exercise of power
This act of creation was not only a “big bang” as some have described creation
This act of creation is an ongoing exercise of power by which “he holds all creation together”.
We come to know this ongoing exercise of power through the life of Jesus Christ as it says in 1 Timothy 2:5
The “man Christ Jesus” took on the role of “Mediator” and because of this we experience
10:30 AM
Salvation through Jesus Christ
Lets be clear.
In these last few passages, when it says “He”, or “the Word”, it is talking about “Jesus Christ” and it says in John 1:14
“the Word became human”, in some translations it says “became flesh” meaning that “He”, “the Word”, “Jesus Christ”, took on flesh
and “He” “made his home among us” meaning he walked on the earth as a human being
John 1:14 adds one more description to “the Word”, here “He” is called “the Father’s one and only son”
The work Jesus did is described in Hebrews 1:1-3
Jesus spoke to us and the things Jesus said express “the very character of God”
Do you have any question about the character or nature of God?
Read what Jesus said as He walked the earth, Read the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Look at God’s creation as it says in Romans 1:18-32
Some key takeaways from the message today are that
You can know God’s plan and purpose and it is for your good
Jesus finished the work of salvation “when he had cleansed us from our sins”
Jesus paid the price for us to be reconciled to God and opened the way for access to God’s very throne room.
This plan of salvation is available for anyone that will receive it.
It is one thing to know about God, even the demons believe there is one god.
It says in James 2:19
It is another thing entirely to know God and come into a personal relationship with him.
In John 17:3 Jesus says,
Eternal life, in the final analysis, is nothing more or less than knowing God.
Eternal life is entering into a friendship with God, one that deepens and grows through all eternity.1
1 John M. Frame, Salvation Belongs to the Lord: An Introduction to Systematic Theology, (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2006), 74.
Our understanding of God and His plan for our lives develops as our relationship with Him develops.
10:40 AM
Progressive Revelation
There are those that say that God is revealing himself little by little as humanity is able to understand him.
Certainly, there are parts of God’s plan that are still unknown, for example, no one knows when Jesus Christ will return
Our challenge though, is do we know what God has already revealed?
Our lives with Christ begin by faith and grow from faith to faith as it says in Romans 1:16-17
The “power of God” is “at work, saving everyone who believes”
What is it that we believe?, it is the “Good news about Christ”, it is the account of Jesus life, death and resurrection.
By believing, we are born again and become sons and daughters of God.
We then grow in our relationship from glory to glory as it says in 2 Corinthians 3:16-17
We are transformed as we enter into this relationship with God.
The Holy Spirit becomes our teacher and guides us into more and more truth.
Paul prayed this way in Ephesians 3:16-19
His prayer was that we would grow strong
that we would have “the power to understand”
That we would be “made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God”
Then, he adds one more statement in Ephesians 3:20
That God would accomplish more than we might ask or think.
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