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My good and faithful servant praise the Lord. Amen. If you got your Bibles this morning, we're going to be in the fourth chapter. all of the book of Deuteronomy

one of the books known as a book of Moses.

I'll try to be real simple and I will say sure didn't miss being been at home being with the church last weekend men. And the crew we went out of town for a day or two and would have made it a couple more days, but I run out of money, so I had to come on.

a man plus the fact that I can't keep up with the younger Bunch anyway. Hey, man, and I'll Echo brother Roberts word. We had a great work day yesterday and really nice breakfast this morning. And and you know, whether it was a day or whether it was breakfast, you know, both things hadn't had something in common that this Gathering here this morning has and that is that it's all about Jesus. Amen, it's not it's all about him. Are you turning over the fourth chapter book of Deuteronomy just to just to say something to Cano got to do some foundation work for for scripture. We're going to read we know that after Joseph passed away and I'm speaking of Joseph being one of the sons of Israel. Better. Of time passed in the favor that he had found in the eyes of the Egyptians and in the eyes of the Pharaohs that begin to diminish in the next thing, you know, Joseph and his brother and have grown in number and they have been been they've slipped into slavery down in Egypt.

At the time that God speaks to Moses and commissions him to go and speak to Pharaoh that he may let the people go there's different figures. But but what we read there's there's an estimated give or take a million for million people in in Egypt 4 million Israelites. not that many Egyptians And this old are the Israelites are in there in Egypt and all they know is bondage. All they know is slavery. All they know is being you from daylight to dark in and had you gone through the portion of Egypt were the Israelites lived. You would find shacks and and makeshift residences that that looks like a ghetto somewhere Aslam. It was not living high on land for the Israelites. I saw like begin to cry out and God tells Moses. He says I've heard the cries of my people in Egypt and I am come down that I might go deliver them and he's going to use Moses to do that and and and just to just to step on through this but I'm trying to be gentle enough that we grab ahold of what's going on. Is he begins to explain? Moses that not only are you going to go talk for me and represent me, but I'm going to do some.

That will liberate my people is going to do a few other things with first thing he's going to do is going to free them now. Can I ask you a question or can I pose a question to you that I've I've asked myself before and I know the answer to this question, but as a young Christian, I asked a question one time, you know.

Why didn't God? Just simply kill pharaoh.

Or why didn't he go down to Egypt and smite the Egyptians? Or or call Jose. A rebellion or a coup to take place that would have put the Israelites running things in the Egyptians in the mornings. What he didn't do that? He goes down there. And he begins as a list of 10.

miraculous

wonders We're not going to name them all but you had to I think the first one was he turn the river into blood. I think the next one that that might have happened was you had a plague of frogs climb out of the river you get on into this thing and you look up you have a 00 Porsche there were cattle and livestock begin to die and then then it and then you have a player goes of lice that just and I don't know about y'all leave Egypt. I mean in Indian things really get bad in the I mean if you begin to have plagues of sicknesses take place on people you have Darkness strike Egypt for days on top of days you have hail storms come in and an absolutely demolished structures there in Egypt Egypt was known for its it's it's beautiful palaces and fillers in in statues. And I mean, it was a showcase place to see and then it gets down to the to the tent. Play the last time he he speaks and he sends the death angel that night to sweep through the land of Egypt.

And the only way to keep the death angel from taking the first born of a family is that that family had to take the blood of the lamb and applied to the doorpost of the home? And after that happened in Egypt weights the next morning and you could have been miles away. You could have heard the whaling in the in the cry. And all those who had passed now Figueroa finally decide and so, you know, not only am I going to let you all go but I want you gone now. Not tomorrow in get out.

Now we can stop there but the story don't. The Israelites leave and not only do they leave but that's a walking out of town the Egyptians. They're taking everything. They've got money jewelry and I'm giving it away. Y'all take it. We won't y'all don't let nothing else happen when you get out of here, and the Israelites have left.

When it's not one of the the 10 plagues, but God does one more thing. Is he goes and he visits payroll personally?

I don't know what he said to him. But he hardened Pharaoh's heart.

Enviro said I just can't let this go. He grabs his military.

He even gets in a cherry to self and they take off after the Egyptians not realizing that they will never. Make it back home.

I don't know. How will burst you are with what God done down in Egypt. but that whole Act of liberating the Israelites is amazing.

But Lord, why why did you go to that extreme to do that looks real?

And you don't know know before we read. This world we live in today.

Don't raise your hand, but I want to ask you this question. How many of you feel like Society? And and Mankind's ideology and coupled with his actions how many of you feel like, it's out of control?

some of us

some of us believe that there's

no raining man back in.

I will say this I've read the book.

and I Know How It Ends Okay, and it's going to end that way for foursome generation? But you know what? Lord I'll be that generation. So with that said

I trust today. And this is heavy on my heart. I trust a day that I can lead you up to a place. Define an answer that you may not even realize you're you're you're asking that question for. Now we can read if I got you a good and confused yet cuz I want you super confused took one as well. Oh, yes you have.

Praise the Lord. He is good in the fourth chapter of Deuteronomy.

Let's begin with verse 33. Just just the kind of open us up for the verses that we want to get to.

no, no God is speaking and the Israelites have their journey in

and in God answers the question that I posed and that was why he did things the way that he did them down in Egypt. Where is 33 in God's word? It reads did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire is that has heard and Liv. Or has got to say to go and take him a nation from the midst of another Nation by temptations by signs and by wonders in my war and by Mighty hand and by stretched out arm and by great tears according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes. Unto thee it was showed our he says you saw it. That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God. And there is none besides him verse 39.

No there for this day and consider it in the heart God. What is it? You want me to know today? And what is it? You want me to consider in my heart? And what is it that you want settled? You're my mind. And it's this. That the Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the Earth beneath. And besides him.

there is No one else father. We praise you. We thank you. We give you glory we give you honor today and thank you for the reading of your word. Thank you for the opportunity to gather today. Thank you for an opportunity to hear you calling today. Once again, thank you for the opportunity for salvation to float today. Thank you for the opportunity to lift our voice in praise your name today Lord. Thank you God for the privileged that we can call ourselves a child of God. Thank you Lord for the insurance and knowing that in the midst of uncertainty we are certain about one thing and that is where our hope and strength comes from amen. And where we are headed. We thank you for that. We thank you for being our God In The Name of Jesus. We pray. Amen. Amen. And amen. So you mean to tell me preacher. Did he went down to Egypt Indian all those things that he might prove a point? And so loosely you got to realize what was happening in Egypt and you got to realize and understand that the Israelites have been there when when he'll ever ate some they've been there for a hundred years. So every generation that was alive has only seen the way the Egyptians worshipped the manner in which the Egyptians worshiped and they have golden statues of gods and they have hybrid God that's half dog on top and has man on the bus Dave got a God for everything under the sun and even in the water. I mean they do they've got temples dedicated to this God and temples dedicated to that God and there's Mass confusion and when God rolls up and begin Speaking with Moses about what he's going to do in Egypt. Not only a man is he going to squash the idea of all of this Pagan worship and pay them believe within the Egyptian religious Society, but he's going to establish in the eyes of his people who are watching a men that what y'all have witnessed. All these years. Amen is nothing but help pieocracy in a false religion and it's me a men that that occupies all of what you seen them tried to worshiping sin in in claim as God in their life and and he does just that I mean he goes in and let's be honest. It was when we read it as a huge deal, but for him it was no problem.

You got to realize God will sometimes walk softly, but he don't make no mistake about it. He swings a real big stick. And sometimes he don't want something. but at the end of the day regardless of how he does it he and he alone is God and so windy when the children of Israel seen all those gods that do not exist that the Egyptians have been worshipping crumble to a pile of debris on the ground and and when the fight was over, Glass absolute like this before and I landed this. I love saying it this way that God was the last one standing realize they realize the very things that Elijah said up on the mount with the 400 prophets of Baal. He said love have a match today. Yo, go get your own God. And I'll go get mad. And whichever God Answers by fire we will let him be God. Roll eyes and nose and he sits down under the shade tree and actually busy to take a nap at one point in time man them 400 profits. They are chatting and jumping and carrying on and started just cutting on your cell. I mean they turn into Mad Men and old prophet he kind of you know, how you got that startling. Look when you wake up sometime. He says hey y'all need to talk louder. He's probably asleep somewhere then they do in the most amazing thing happened that this God known as bail is powerful and authoritative and in can do signs and wonders never showed up.

And I will paraphrase what Elijah said. He just when it came his turn. He didn't speak of magic chant.

He just said got here you go you.

Show me who you are. The scripture says a fire fail. Consume the sacrifice and even licked up the water around about it. And it's good. They ain't nothing left at the table. Not eat my ice cube in a glass. Amen, and I can't help but think that day that when God seen that one on his faithfulness and believe that he and he alone. Can I say that again that he and he alone was God that Gaza man just Elijah give me the word boy and I'm fixing to show you who I am and they're going to see it to see that's the thing. He wanted the Israelites to understand is that it is me. And me alone. Can I tell you today? I make no mistake about it. There is there is only one individual one into the outside of God that that that does anything whatsoever. And that's the prince of this world whose days is numbered.

Apart from him there are is no Buddha.

I mean, he's a golden or or spray painted gold little fat guy that sits on the Shelf.

There is no. Allah Alla or Ali Akbar, are you calling what you want to call him? How you going to call somebody something that don't exist?

besides Jehovah-jireh

There he is. NOAA weather he is the god of the universe. All I look go read what it says the book of Psalms friend. It says not only did he take the stars and we can't even count them things. Sometimes I get started and one two, three four, and then I take my shoes off and you knowing that I start all over again sometime but I mean, you can't even see along with the book of Psalms says it not only did he framed the heavens and hang the Stars Whitney name them. Are you kidding me? Come on, man. You might know me. How do you name? Where did you get that many god of the universe. Amen? He's a god of creation. The word says that there's nothing that has been created. It was not created by Him in him and through him and it was created for his good pleasure. My word allowed. What's the weather in Denton today in my thoughts a men in?

And he's the god of being. Arsenal He's that big.

But yet he comes any. Speaks to you individually goes to a place inside of you that that nobody else can go. And no one else can touch.

He's the god of. forgiveness

Is it amazing to you today? That all of the disappointment in your life that you can put together.

However, small or big it might be. It cannot dampen. His love for you.

And that it's his desire.

I'll just have to sit like this in from wrong. Then you can talk me out on my head but the Lord is itching for the chance to tell you you are forgiven. You say you think he's wanting to say that preacher. What are you talkin about? I can tell you that. Amen, he's a goddamn reality. Seaweed weird where in the world today is displayed by deception. body Great Deceiver But God is a god of reality and he wants to be the god reality in your life. They were what reality?

The fact that he loves your nothing he wouldn't tell you that it's appointed unto you just one time to die and then the judgement that he that he's not hiding nothing from you a man that he would tell you quit putting it off. Apply your heart on the wisdom and number your days because today's the day of salvation now is the appointed time. That's a got a reality. That would tell somebody something like that. He don't want you to get Dina want you to get caught.

kind of like don't like being at home and and

it's happening meme. not long ago I get a phone call in way after bedtime. and I need to go to a hospital to see someone and and they ain't no gas stations open in the preacher was too busy trying to hurry up get home to 10 something that he let that gas needle get over there on that little letter that stands for excitable and it was very excited sighting trying to make it where I was going on fumes. That's a common taste of it called not ready and God don't want you to do that. He gives you every warning in the world that the reality of this thing is you're going to stand before me. And I've made every every preparation and every opportunity available to you that when you do stand before me everything will be fine. Amen, he is the god. of yesterday Lord where do I even start this today? He is the god of today.

Right now this moment. He is the god. I'll tomorrow you say well tomorrow ain't been here yet. What would have for him? You see he's a little bigger. Then we are. He is the god of Eternity. And in do you realize today? Did that at this moment? You're an eternal League.

Amen brother Robert No preacher you're wrong.

To see you just said while ago it's appointed unto man once do you realize that death is the way that the body separates itself from the spirit? and you are a divine creature with a spirit within your soul within you. And that it my friend is eternal whether you and there's nothing you can do about it being that way, but you can do something about where you spend it. A man now you're far more because he's trying to preach. seven messages He is a God and here you go. victory

what preacher looked at me like he got defeated on the cross. Don't let don't let that food. The word says He made an open show of principalities and powers and wickedness on the cross that day. Amen. He took because of what he done there. He took the keys to death hell and the grave my goodness, but it do you realize because of that. He's not only god of the living death also.

Amen in MN when we talk about Victory, I love what the scripture says. It says for we know that that death is swallowed up in Victory Hallelujah. There's a bunch of kinds of Victory. I got Victory when I got saved call Salvation. Amen Victory women strength has been overcome something Victory when I persevere through especially through something that I allow myself to fall victim to from time to time and and I don't serve a God can get me through something and I don't serve a God that possibly could see me through something.

Man, he would be like 84 and old with 84 first round knockouts. He is a God. Of Victory and he's got one more battle. one more match to fight

they don't show up. Ride the White Horse

amen

Verse 39. He said this we read it. He says I want you to know today. Not really want you to consider it in your heart. He says. that the Lord

that he is God in heaven. above and upon the Earth beneath besides him.

There's none else. I asked you earlier how many of you felt like Society just kind of? Getting out of hand and did everybody. I mean I thought you said to do jumping jacks to where you came up so fast.

But you know what? And if I can leave that said it was a place. I wanted to leave you in and this is it is that in spite of spite of everything you see going on around you. in spite of fear tactics in spite of manipulation through fearing and unrest in spite of all of that

one of the deepest truths in God word. We just ran this morning is that he and he alone is God. And in spite of what's happening around him. It does not change that. Hey man in for the born-again believer. Amen who has been. Glory be to God who has been grafted in as a joint Heir with Christ Jesus.

We are at a place. I want to say I'm not saying one tuckable because I don't want that to sound like we can't the bad things won't happen to us.

But we are at a place.

We're nothing can take away our from

Where nothing? Can change who he is? And what a what a feeling of comfort in my heart today?

to know that he Is the one and only constant within this universe? and that I balong to him

That's good. I know that.

Besides my God. Ain't nobody else.

Everything else can return from my God is he turned? Everything else may pass away. But he will not. He is the first.

And if there was such a thing as a last it would be him. He's the beginning. Is the end. I love it. He said he's the alpha.

And the Omega ain't that good?

In the best part of all of it. This is the best part of all of it. is That's who you belong to.

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