In America’s Political Uncertainty Today, God’s Sovereignty, Power and Holiness Give Us Hope Because He Is Faithful to His Word

In America’s Political Uncertainty Today, God’s Sovereignty, Power and Holiness Give Us Hope Because He Is Faithful to His Word

MESSAGE SUMMARY:

The verses below, from the Old Testament point to the fear, respect, and praise that God warrants and demands through His Sovereignty. Power and Holiness. On the other hand, as we see when the Apostle John quotes Jesus from Revelation 1:17-18, when Jesus, in all His power and Glory, reassures us of God’s Grace and His plan for working out the Salvation and Eternal Life for all those that have accepted Jesus as their Savior: “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.’”. As David’s praise tells us in Psalms 103:13: “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.”.

David models again and again, in Psalms, how we should praise God. For example, in Psalms 146, David says: "Put not your trust in Princes; Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, Oh my soul!". When we are wondering how to praise the Lord, we can read one of David’s Psalms to God like David’s praises to the Lord in Psalms 112:1-2: “Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments! His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.". Also, we learn in Proverbs 1:7, the “fear of the Lord” and “wisdom” are closely linked: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.".

We Have entered a period of political uncertainty in America, but we can draw great comfort from Daniel 4:17 when Daniel’s interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar’s, king of Babylon, dream in which Daniel and the king acknowledged that God controls the universe and human kingdoms and that he (Nebuchadnezzar) does not. Daniel proclaimed God’s Sovereignty over the affairs of nations, even over Babylon—the greatest nation in the world at that time: “The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living {us of faith} may know that the Most High {God}rules the kingdom of men {secular governance} and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.”. We know that God is Sovereign in this period which provides great assurance to those of faith.

Yes, you should fear, respect, and have faith in God’s Sovereignty, Power and Holiness; but, as a follower of Jesus, you should “fear not” at your time of judgment because God’s Grace has assured your Salvation and Eternal Life.

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ODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Today, Because of who I am in Jesus Christ, I will not be driven by Anger. Rather, I will abide in the Lord’s Forgiveness. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5).

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): Revelation 1:17-18; Psalms 118:1-20; Proverbs 1:7; Daniel 4:17; Psalms 119o:169-176.

THIS SUNDAY’S AUDIO SERMON: You can listen to Archbishop Beach’s Current Sunday Sermon: “God Wants Us to Live In His “Hope” and His Word, through Bible Scripture, which Gives us so Much “Hope”", at our Website: https://awtlser.podbean.com/

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