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INDIANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

THE MOST HIGH

by DR. LESTER SUMRALL

Sumrall Publishing P.O. Box 12

South Bend, IN 46624

This special study guide is a college workbook. Space is prepared for your personal notes so the text can grow into your own material. Audio and videotapes are available to assist you. All scriptures, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The King James Version of the Holy Bible.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. Introduction ........................................................................... 5 2. Searching For The Most High ... ........................................... 9 3. Knowing The Most High..................................................... 15 4. Nations And The Most High ............................................... 19 5. Cities And The Most High .................................................. 25 6. The Democracy Of The Most High..................................... 31 7. The Revelation Names Of The Most High.......................... 35 8. The Majesty Of The Most High .......................................... 47 9. The Almightiness Of The Most High.................................. 53 10. The Awesomeness Of The Most High ................................ 57 11. The Immutability Of The Most High .................................. 65 12. The Sovereignty Of The Most High.................................... 69 13. The Most High Is Omniscient ............................................. 73 14. The Fatherhood Of The Most High..................................... 79 15. The Most High Is Incorruptible........................................... 83 16. The Holiness Of The Most High ......................................... 89 17. The Love Of The Most High............................................... 93 18. The Justice Of The Most High ............................................ 97 19. The Most High Is Longsuffering....................................... 101 20. The Most High Is Faithful ................................................. 105 21. Substitutes For The Most High ......................................... 109 22. The Eternalness Of The Most High................................... 119 23. My Personal Search For The Most High........................... 123 24. Obstructions To Knowing The Most High........................ 125

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Lesson 1

INTRODUCTION

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It is ambitious to wish to explore God Himself. It is far-reaching to study theism or the elements of deity. One must think with care. No people, nor any civilization in history, have risen above its reach for the Most High. As we delve into infinitudes beyond the first and second dimensions, we discover eternal reality. Man's greatest struggle, from his creation until today, is to know the Most High. Studying the Most High is man's most meaningful exploration. Man has sought the Eternal by many means. God said of early generations in Romans 1:21, Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. In man's natural search for ultimate truth he comes to Numinous or that incomprehensible something beyond his experience. Man mentally arrives at Mysterium Tremendum, or the mystery unfolding the universe. He discovers a place of things sensed, yet not mentally perceived. Man does not arrive at deity through the human mind. Christ told His disciples that flesh and blood did not reveal His deity, but the Father in heaven revealed or showed who He was. Matthew l6:17, And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. I Corinthians 3:19-20, For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is writ-ten, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. v. 20, And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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The Hebrew word used for God in the Old Testament had no vowels. Thus God's name, "I AM" was spelled JHVH. This is what is called the tetragram (tetra means "four," gram means "writing or letters"). The Jews took the commandment not to use the name of the Lord in vain very seriously and resisted pronouncing the name at all. Instead, they took the vowels from the Hebrew word for the Lord "Adonai" and put them with the consonants of JHVH. The result was the word "Jahovaih"-in English, "JEHOVAH." No one was allowed to pronounce the original spelling of the word except the High Priest. When he did, the other priests were to sing a psalm and drown out the High Priest's voice to make sure that only God heard the pronunciation. It was also allowed for a rabbinic teacher to pronounce the name to his students once or twice every seven years so that the true pronunciation would not be forgotten. Sometimes they simply would say, "the Name" when reading a passage in which the name occurred. Many times they used "the presence" or "the glory" to speak of the Shekinah glory associated with the name of God. Adonai (the Lord) was frequently used, as well as many other titles which refer to His character, such as:

A. "the Most High" B. "the Height" (or "High One") C. "Heaven" D. "the Almighty" E. "Lord of Heaven" F. "the Eternal" G. "the Power"

One title, which has always been very meaningful, is "the One who Answers Prayer." This practice of "talking in circles" is called circumlocution, which means exactly that. Circa means "around" and locution means "to speak." The rabbinic law says that any person who does not use circumlocution (in other words, who says the JHVH) will not have a place in the next life. The blasphemer, according to rabbinic law, is one who distinctly pronounces that name. This differs from our understanding of blasphemy where a form of profanity is involved. To the Jew simply pronouncing the name is profanity enough to deserve the sentence of death.

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In these lessons we shall seek to penetrate the dominate truth of the existence and reality of the Most High. These truths are not only self evident, but imperative to our times. There has to be a basis upon which truth rests. There must be an absolute. We believe it to be the Most High God as predicted in the Judeo-Christian teachings of the Almighty. I feel compelled to give my antecedent belief, trust, and experience in God. God has urged my soul to explain theistic faith. I do not wish to provide an apologetic form of my faith in God. I desire a simple statement of faith. Man's knowledge is so limited and restricted. The reality of God bursts the bounds of human abilities to comprehend. Restoration and revival will come with our knowledge of God. It is our ultimate hope.

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Lesson 2

SEARCHING FOR THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: From the time of Adam's loss of personal relationship and intimate fellowship with the Most High, each succeeding generation has sought to communicate with the Most High God. We wish to join the search for knowledge of the Most High. These lessons are an in depth exploration of theism. To search for the Most High, we must challenge history. We must explore all truth available. What an amazing challenge there is in my heart to know better the Most High God. READING: Genesis 3:22-24, And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: v. 23, Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. v. 24, So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 1. HOW MAN LOST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MOST HIGH

A. In the beginning, at his creation, Adam personally knew the Most High. He walked and talked with the Most High God against whom Adam volitionally rebelled. Adam destroyed his friendship, fellowship, and relationship with the Most High.

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B. Through Adam, humans lost the majesty of Elohim and began to walk in

ignorance, superstition, and demon deception. In Adam all men die.

I Corinthians 15:22, For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

C. Since Adam, erroneous teachings always stemmed from the lack of personal

knowledge of the Most High.

D. Without the Most High, man's greatest desire is to realize God.

E. Man's greatest adventures are in pursuit of knowledge of the Most High. F. The very spirit and soul of the human person senses its origin, and forever

longs and desires to return to its source! 2. THE CHIEF ADVERSARY OF THE MOST HIGH

A. From the time of Adam's fall and his loss of fellowship with God, man sought to know God. The evil one, Satan, has taken advantage of man's thirst for God, and has given him counterfeit idols and dreams to worship. Man hopes these images of mud, stone, wood, silver, and gold will in some way restore him to fellowship with immortality.

B. The Bible says that at the time of this ignorance God winked at man's idolatry,

but now God commands all men everywhere to repent.

Acts 17:30, And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent. God desires that man know Him.

C. It is Satanic transgression and rebellion that separates man from God.

Romans 1:18-25, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; v. 19, Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. v. 20, For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:


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v. 21, Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

v. 22, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, v. 23, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. v. 24, Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: v. 25, Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

3. SATAN CALLS THE MOST HIGH THE UNKNOWN

The Greek intellectuals on Mars Hill in Athens presented many gods (Zeus, Mars, Apollo, Jupiter, and Mercury) by legends, traditions, and old tales.

The Most High was unknown to them. He was named the "Unknown God." This is true for millions of people living today. He is still the "Unknown God."

Paul said in Acts 17:22-29, Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. v. 23, For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. v. 24, God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; v. 25, Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; v. 26, And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; v. 27, That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: v. 28, For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. v. 29, Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

4. THE MOST HIGH IS UNREACHABLE BY HUMAN REASON

Job asked this question in Job 11:7, Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?


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5. ABRAHAM SOUGHT THE MOST HIGH

A. Abraham was born and reared in the area of Ur of the Chaldees. He was directed in life by his deep longing in his heart for the Most High.

Genesis 17:1, And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD ap-peared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

B. Abraham explained it this way, "I was looking for a city that hath foundations

whose builder and maker is the Most High." (Hebrews 11: 10)

C. After the first revelation of the Most High, Abraham spent the remainder of his life in pursuit of a greater knowledge of the Most High.

6. ISAIAH'S QUEST FOR THE MOST HIGH

Isaiah 40:28, Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

7. PAUL RECOGNIZED THE UNREACHABLENESS OF THE MOST HIGH

Romans 11:33, 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

8. MOSES DISCOVERS THE MOST HIGH

For 40 years Moses traveled the vast expanses of the Sinai Desert in search of the Most High. One day he observed a small umbrella-shaped tree that lit up like a furnace.

At first Moses may have considered the desert phenomenon a mirage. As he approached the burning tree, which was not consumed, Moses discovered the Most High. Exodus 3:14, And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

9. QUEEN OF SHEBA SEARCHED FOR THE MOST HIGH

A. One of the most remarkable instances in the Bible of a person’s seeking the Most High is that of the queen of Sheba. In her African kingdom she heard that a king in Jerusalem named Solomon had information regarding the Most High.


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I Kings 10:1-5, And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. v. 2, And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. v. 3, And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. v. 4, And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, v. 5, And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

B. Her whole nation in Africa became the recipient of God's blessings because of

her search for the Most High God. 10. WISE MEN FROM THE ORIENT

A. The Gospel of Matthew tells us of the magi who came from the East seeking the Most High.

B. The nation of Iran, formerly Persia, has three cities named after these three men

who came to seek the Most High in Israel.

They crossed the desert and mountains in pursuit of this knowledge. In Bethlehem, they gazed in wonder as they brought their expensive gifts to the Son of the Most High.

11. THE QUEST GOES ON

A. Men with burning hearts have isolated themselves in vast mountain areas alone, seeking the Most High.

B. Others with deep convictions have closeted themselves in caves of the earth

seeking the Most High.

C. History records others who with great determination have undertaken long and hazardous journeys seeking the Most High.


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12. THE STARS ARE NOT THE MOST HIGH

I was on a vessel traveling the Inside Passage of Alaska. One night after dinner I was pacing the deck and joined the captain of the ship for a walk. During the walk I said, "Captain, regarding Jesus, whose Son is He?" The captain, dressed in his white uniform, was visibly shaken. He stopped under the bright Northern Star, raised his hand and said, "Sir, those stars are my god." I placed my hand on his shoulder and said, "Captain, do not ever forget that it was my God who made your gods, as mine is the Most High."

13. THE WATER GOD

On my first trip around the world, I left San Francisco for Australia. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean I talked to two British passengers, a man and his wife. I spoke to them about salvation and about the knowledge of the Most High. They were standing on the deck at the time and the husband, looking at the briny waters of the South Pacific, said, "These waters are my god." I replied that his god was salty, nervous, and not responsive to any need he may have.

14. THE GOD WHO LOST A HAND

In Java, I was visiting in the palace of the rajah. On the palace grounds, I visited his temple. In one area of the temple, I saw a god that was made up of arms and hands. I said, "I am sure he is the handiest god I have ever seen." Looking closer, I saw that one of the hands had fallen off. With my interpreter I called the temple priest over. "We are about to see a miracle. Your god lost a hand and I am sure it will come back on there soon." The priest shook his head sadly and said, "No, I built this god back in the workshop and I know I will have to put the hand back on myself, as I am the one that made it." I laid my hand on his shoulder and again, through my interpreter said, "Sir, my God created all the material on the face of this earth, which means my God made your god!” The priest was visibly shaken as I continued to walk through the rajah's palace.

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KNOWING THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: In lesson 2 we were in search of the Most High. In this lesson we shall deal with KNOWING THE MOST HIGH. READING: Judges 2:16, And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 1. NOT KNOWING THE MOST HIGH

According to the above scripture, a new generation came who did not know the Most High. There was electricity in the air from the beginning, but man did not know it. When it was discovered, man began to use the power of electricity. Man had to discover it first; so in every generation man must rediscover and know the Most High.

2. THE PROPHET EZEKIEL WITNESSED THE GLORY OF THE MOST HIGH

Ezekiel, the prophet of God, came to know the magnificence of the Most High.

Ezekiel 1:26-28, And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. v. 27, And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

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v. 28, As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

Ezekiel did not read about the Most High. He had a personal knowledge and strong memories of his encounter with the Most High.

3. THE WISE KING SOLOMON SAW THE MAJESTY OF THE MOST HIGH

Solomon saw his temple, modeled of silver and gold, light up supernaturally with a dazzling brilliance.

2 Chronicles 7:1-4, Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. v. 2, And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORDS house. v. 3, And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever. v. 4, Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

The king and his subjects witnessed a flaming fire that came from heaven to the altar of the Most High.

4. ISRAEL CEASED TO KNOW THE MOST HIGH

A. Isaiah 59:2, But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

B. Isaiah 64:7, And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up

himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

C. Ezekiel 39:23, And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into

captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.


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5. ABRAHAM KNEW THE MOST HIGH BECAUSE OF APPEARANCES TO HIM

Abraham came to personally know the Most High.

A. Genesis 12:7, And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed

will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

B. Genesis 17:1, And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD ap-

peared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the A1mighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

6. JACOB KNEW THE MOST HIGH

Genesis 35:9, And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

7. MOSES KNEW THE MOST HIGH

Exodus 3:16, Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob., appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

8. PETER ON THE HOUSETOP

Acts10:34-38, Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: v. 35, But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. v. 36, The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all) v. 37, That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; v. 38, How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Peter's remarkable revelation on the housetop at Joppa, near Tel Aviv, gave him a tremendous knowledge of the Most High, revealing the total equality of salvation for all men by the Lord Jesus Christ.


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9. PAUL WAS CAUGHT UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN

II Corinthians 12:2, I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. v. 3, And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell God knoweth;) v. 4, How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

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NATIONS AND THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: Throughout history God has dealt with whole nations as well as cities and individuals. It is up to the individuals within a nation to repent and bring the whole country to God. The Most High has dealt and does deal collectively with nations, with empires, and with races of people. READING: Psalm 8: 1, 0 LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. II Chronicles 7:14, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 1. ISRAEL AND THE MOST HIGH

God has amazingly dealt with the nation of Israel for thousands of years.

A. God gave her birth through Abraham.

Genesis 17:5, Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

B. Jehovah delivered Israel from four hundred years of slavery in Egypt.

Exodus 12:40, Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

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C. Israel saw the glory of the Most High.

Exodus 24:17, And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. Exodus 40:34-35, Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. v. 35, And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. I Kings 8:11, So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

D. Under Solomon, Israel was established by the Most High as the greatest nation

on earth.

I Kings 10:23-24, So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. v. 24, And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

E. God judged Israel for sins.

Isaiah 9:13-17, For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. v. 14, Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. v. 15, The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. v. 16, For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. v. 17, Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

F. God restored Israel after judgment.

Ezekiel 37:22, And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.


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2. THE MOST HIGH DESTROYED BABYLON

Isaiah 14:4-6, That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! v. 5, The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. v. 6, He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

3. THE MOST HIGH STRUCK DOWN ASSYRIA

Isaiah 14:25-26, That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him underfoot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. v. 26, This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

4. MOAB WAS JUDGED BY THE MOST HIGH

Isaiah 15:4-5, And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. v. 5, My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

5. SYRIA IS UNDER A THREAT FROM JEHOVAH

Isaiah 17:1-3, The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. v. 2, The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. v. 3, The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

6. THE MOST HIGH HAS PRONOUNCED A WOE AGAINST ETHIOPIA Isaiah 18:1-2, Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: v. 2, That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!


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7. JEHOVAH WILL REMOVE THE IDOLS FROM EGYPT Isaiah 19:1-3, The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. v. 2, And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. v. 3, And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

8. RUSSIA IS HEADED FOR A DEADLY CONFRONTATION WITH JEHOVAH

Ezekiel 38:1-4, And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, v. 2, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, v. 3, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: v. 4, And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

Ezekiel 39:11-15, And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. v. 12, And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. v. 13, Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. v. 14, And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. v. 15, And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

9. NATIONS NEED RIGHTEOUSNESS

Proverbs 14:34, Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.


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10. ALL NATIONS WILL BE REPRESENTED IN HEAVEN

Revelation 7:9, After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.

Revelation 21:24-26, And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. v. 25, And the gates to it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night

there. v. 26, And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. God is speaking to all nations today. All nations will be judged by the Most High.


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Lesson 5

CITIES AND THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: The Most High often addressed cities and towns in blessing and judgment. The people of the city create the nature of a city by their spiritual and moral behavior and by their faith or unbelief. The Almighty deals with cities. READING: Matthew 10:20-24, For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. v. 21, And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. v. 22, And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. v. 23, But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. v. 24, The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 1. THE FIRST CITY MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE

Genesis 4:17, And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Cain, a murderer, built the first city mentioned in the Bible.

2. BABEL, A CITY OF CONFUSION

Genesis 11:4-9, And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth, v. 5, And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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v. 6, And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. v. 7, Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. v. 8, So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. v. 9, Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Babel was a city of rebellion against the Most High. It was a city that would not believe the promises that God gave to Noah.

3. BABYLON CALLED THE GREAT

A. The emperor's pride

Daniel 4:29, At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

B. Isaiah 14:4, That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,

and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

C. Jeremiah 51:8, Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

D. I Peter 5:13, The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth

you; and so doth Marcus my son. 4. SODOM--THE CITY THE MOST HIGH BURNED

The Most High sent angels to warn Sodom.

Genesis 19:1-2, And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; v. 2, And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 13:12-13, Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. v. 13, But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.


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Genesis 18:20-21, And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; v.21, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Isaiah 3:9, The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Luke 17:28-30, Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; v. 29, But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. v. 30, Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

5. THE MOST HIGH HAD COMPASSION ON A PAGAN CITY--

NINEVEH

Genesis 10:11, Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah. Jonah l:1-2, Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, v. 2, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Jonah 3:3-4, So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. v. 4, And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

God called Jonah to save Nineveh from destruction.

6. THE CITY OF THE MOST HIGH--JERUSALEM

A. God has blessed and does bless Jerusalem.

B. God has special relationship to the city of Jerusalem.

C. Melchizedek's city.

Genesis 14:17-20, And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.


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v. 18, And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. v. 19, And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth. v. 20, And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Melchizedek's blessing was the blessing of El Elyon, the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth.

D. The Most High God abode in Jerusalem's temple.

I Kings 8:10-11, And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, v. 11, So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

E. God founded Jerusalem.

Isaiah 14:32, What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

F. God loves Jerusalem.

Psalm 87:2-3, The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. v. 3, Glorious things are spoken of thee, 0 city of God. Selah.

Psalm 132:13-14, For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. v. 14, This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

II Chronicles 6:6, But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. Psalm 122:6, Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

7. CHRIST WEPT OVER JERUSALEM

Luke 13:34, 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings and ye would not!


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8. JESUS WAS CAST OUT OF NAZARETH

Luke 4:29, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

9. JESUS REBUKED BETHSAIDA

Matthew 11:21, Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13, Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

10. THE MOST HIGH ADDRESSED THE SEVEN CITIES OF THE

APOCALYPSE

A. Ephesus--Revelation 2:1, Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.

B. Smyrna--Revelation 2:8, And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;

These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive.

C. Pergamos--Revelation 2:12, And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges.

D. Thyatira--Revelation 2:18, And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write;

These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass.

E. Sardis--Revelation 3:1, And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These

things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

F. Philadelphia--Revelation 3:7, And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia

write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

G. Laodiceans--Revelation 3:14, And unto the angel of the church of the

Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.


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11. THE ETERNAL CITY OF THE MOST HIGH

Revelation 21:10-11, And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, v. 11, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

Revelation 21:14, And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

12. MODERN CITIES HAVE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD

There are a number of cities I call "cult cities" because they seem to have a deep awareness of spiritual things. These include: 1. Tulsa, Oklahoma 2. Dallas, Texas 3. Houston, Texas 4. Los Angeles, California

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THE MOST HIGH

Lesson 6

THE DEMOCRACY OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: GOD IS SOVEREIGN! He needs no help or support. The Most High moves and does His own good pleasure, which is to show Himself to be the Almighty. It gives Him great joy and pleasure to show Himself to be God unto all people. As long as man operates in God's Word and keeps His commandments, God will show him how big and powerful He is. He will manifest Himself to man. He will bare His arm and all will see that His arm is not short, so that he cannot save. THE ALMIGHTY IS OMNIPOTENT! READING: Romans 2:11, For there is no respect of persons with God. 1. THE GOLDEN TEXT OF THE BIBLE

John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God loved the whole world; let us observe the universality of the Most High God. Pagans say Christianity is "white man's religion." They have gods of anger, revenge, and hate. Heathen entities are universally biased and often antagonistic to other humans.

2. THE REVELATION OF DEMOCRACY

God is not willing for any to perish.

II Peter 3:9, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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3. THE MOST HIGH HAS THE POWER TO PERFORM UNBIASED

Isaiah 59:1, Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.

Men are spiritually deaf because they refuse to hear God's Word, and are blind because they refuse to acknowledge the truth of God's Word. God is going to honor His Word! He is going to move with His Power. We must realize that none of the miracles of Jesus were done in a corner. Everything that Jesus did was done openly. In open combat, He defeated satanic forces; He hates rebellion, disobedience, and deliberate transgression.

4. DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

A. God revealed Himself to Abraham.

Genesis 12:1, Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. He was of the house of Shem, Noah's son.

B. God revealed Himself to Pharaoh. This was Ham's lineage, a son of Noah.

C. God revealed Himself to Governor Pilate. This was Japhath's lineage, Noah's

son.

D. A Roman citizen and a military officer, with his family and friends, were saved. These represent the three sons of Noah--the entire human race.

5. THE DEMOCRACY OF THE MOST HIGH IN THE CHURCH

The angel of the Lord told Philip to instruct a man from Ethiopia in the way of salvation.

A. Acts 8:27-38, And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an

eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, v. 28, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. v. 29, Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. v. 30, And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?


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v. 31, And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. v. 32, The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: v. 33, In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. v. 34, And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? v. 35, Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. v. 36, And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? v. 37, And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. v. 38, And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

B. Whoever seeks the Lord will be rewarded.

Acts 9:11, And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

Acts 10:34-35, Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: v. 35, But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Acts 10:43-45, To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. v. 44, While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. v. 45, And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

6. THE DEMOCRACY OF THE MOST HIGH IN ENDTIME PROPHECY

Joel 2:28-32, And it shall come to Pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: v. 29, And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.


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v. 30, And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. v. 31, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. v. 32, And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

A. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy.

B. Servants and handmaids shall receive His spirit.

C. Your old men shall dream dreams.

D. Your young men shall see visions.

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THE MOST HIGH

Lesson 7

THE REVELATION NAMES OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: One major way of discovering the personality of the Most High is to study the names by which He has revealed Himself. Each name gives a specific understanding into God's redemptive dealing with the human race. The total knowledge of the Most High is not available to man in his limited environment of earth knowledge and earth experience. In a most gracious manner, God has revealed His personal attributes in the revelation of titles to His name. 1. ELOHIM WAS HIS FIRST REVELATION

A. ELOHIM is a plural noun revealing the plurality of the Most High.

B. God revealed His pluralistic nature in creation.

Genesis 1:26, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

C. ELOHIM is unique or alone.

Exodus 20:4-6, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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v. 5, Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: v. 6, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

2. ELYON REVEALED AS THE MOST HIGH GOD

A. ELYON means the "Most High."

B. Melchizedek recognized God by this name.

Genesis 14:19-20, And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor, of heaven and earth: v. 20, And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

C. Abraham recognized Him as the Most High.

Genesis 14:22-23, And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, v. 23, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.

D. The Most High is the God who is Greater.

John 10:29, My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. John 14:28, Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. I John 3:20, For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

3. EL-SHADDAI: ABRAHAM HAD A FURTHER REVELATION OF

THE MOST HIGH

A. EL-SHADDAI means the "Almighty" and the "all-sufficient God."

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Genesis 17:1-4, And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD ap-peared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. v. 2, And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. v. 3, And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying. v. 4, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

C. God still makes great promises and provisions to His people.

Revelation 21:7, He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Luke 12:32, Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Philippians 4:19, But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

D. The Most High is Almighty.

Matthew 19:26, But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Revelation 19:6, And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

4. TO ISRAEL THE ALMIGHTY REVEALED HIMSELF AS JEHOVAH

A. JEHOVAH means "I Am."

B. JEHOVAH signifies the God who always is, the God who does not change.

Genesis 21:33, And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called thereon the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

Malachi 3:6, For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

C. I AM is the name by which the Most High revealed Himself to Moses.

Exodus 3:14, And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.


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D. Exodus 20:24, An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Here the Most High makes a covenant and a commitment to man, that in all locations where He revealed a part or position of Himself by recording His name, He would meet man and bless him there.

5. JEHOVAH JIREH: THE GOD WHO PROVIDES

A. Abraham received a wonderful promise from God.

Genesis l5:1-5, After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. v. 2, And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? v. 3, And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. v. 4, And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. v. 5, And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

B. Sarah was 91 years old and Abraham was 100 when the promise was fulfilled.

Genesis 21:1-5, And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. v. 2, For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. v. 3, And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. v. 4, And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. v. 5, And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.


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C. The Most High commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son of promise.

Genesis 22:1-2, And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. v. 2, And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

D. Abraham willingly followed God's directive.

Genesis 22:3-6, And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. v. 4, Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. v. 5, And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. v. 6, And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

E. Abraham knew that God would provide.

Genesis 22:7-8, And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? v. 8, And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering; so they went both of them together.

Hebrews 11:17-18, By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. v. 18, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac thy seed be called.

F. JEHOVAH JIREH: God's provision for a sacrifice.

Genesis 22:9-14, And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. v. 10, And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. v. 11, And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. v. 12, And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.


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v. 13, And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. v. 14, And Abraham called the name of the place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

6. JEHOVAH REPHEKA OR JEHOVAH RAPHA--THE LORD IS

HEALER

JEHOVAH REPHEKA, the "God who heals," is an exciting name revealing the nature of the Most High.

A. God heals as part of His covenant relationship to mankind.

Exodus 15:25-26, And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, v. 26, And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

B. Healing, not sickness, is from God.

James 1:17, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

C. Healing is operative in the present-day church.

Mark 16:17-18, And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; v. 18, They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

I Corinthians 12:9, To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit.

James 5:14-15, Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: v. 15, And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.


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I Peter 2:24, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

7. JEHOVAH TSIDQENU: "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS"

A. Our human righteousness is not good enough.

Isaiah 64:6, But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

B. Our salvation is not based on our human righteousness.

Titus 3:5, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

C. God imputes His righteousness into man.

Romans 4:13-14, For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. v. 14, For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect.

D. Righteousness is received by faith.

Romans 9:30, What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

E. The Lord is our righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6, In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

8. JEHOVAH NISSI: THE "LORD IS CONQUEROR"

A. God gives four kinds of victory.

1. Victory over sin

I John 1:7, But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.


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2. Victory over habit slavery

John 8:36, If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

3. Victory over self

Galatians 2:20, I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

4. Victory over sorrow

Psalm 30:11, Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.

B. JEHOVAH NISSI is a banner of victory.

Exodus 17:15-16, And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: v. 16, For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Isaiah 59:19, So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

C. We are more than conquerors.

Romans 8:37, Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

9. JEHOVAH SHALOM: THE GOD OF PEACE

A. Peace replaces fear.

Judges 6:23-24, And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. v. 24, Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

B. The Most High is the God of peace.

Isaiah 9:6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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C. Knowing the Most High brings peace.

Job 22:21, Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

D. Knowing the Word of God brings peace.

Psalm 85:8, I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. Psalm 119:165, Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

John 16:33, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

E. Having a mind for God brings peace.

Isaiah 26:3, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

F. God's peace exceeds worldly peace.

John 14:27, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

G. Faith brings peace.

Romans 5:1, Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

H. The kingdom of God is peace.

Romans 14:17, For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

I. Peace is a fruit of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:22, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.

J. The peace of God and the God of peace.

Philippians 4:7-9, And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


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v. 8, Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. v. 9, Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

II Thessalonians 3:16, Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

K. Peace must rule.

Colossians 3:15, And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

L. Peace was bought on the cross.

Colossians 1:20, And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Isaiah 53:5, But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

10. JEHOVAH-SHAMAH: THE LORD IS THERE

A. JEHOVAH-SHAMAH comes from the faith that the Most High will inhabit the New Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 48:35, It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

B. God dwells in the historic Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 3:17, At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

C. God dwells with men.

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Matthew 18:20, For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. John 14:23, Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Revelation 21:3, And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Psalm 22:3, But thou art holy, 0 thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

D. He is there in our troubles.

Psalm 46:1-3, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. v. 2, Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; v. 3, Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah..

I John 4:4, Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

I John 5:9, If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.


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INTRODUCTION: When I say, “the Most High,” I visualize a monarch crowned with a jewel-studded diadem. READING: Isaiah 6:1-3, In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. v. 2, Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. v. 3, And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 1. THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE MOST HIGH

The highest point of the divine majesty on record is in Genesis 1:1, In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heaven and the earth. The royal majesty of the Most High has been revealed to mankind from generation to generation as man has been ready to believe and receive.

2. HIS MAJESTY, THE MOST HIGH, INHABITS ETERNITY

Isaiah 57:15, For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

3. THE MAJESTY OF LIGHT

A. I John 1:5, This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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1 John 1:7, But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

B. Genesis 1:3, And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The first commandment of God was "Let there be light." Jesus is the light of the world. The Church is the light of the world. Jesus said in Matthew 5:14, Ye are the light of the world.

C. James 1:17, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh

down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

4. THE MOST HIGH—THE “I AM”

A. Exodus 3:14, And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

B. Isaiah 44:6, Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the

LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 5. THE MOST HIGH IS GLORIOUS

A. Exodus 24:9, Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.

B. Exodus 24:16-17, And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the

cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

v. 17, And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

C. Exodus 40:34-35, Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the

glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. v. 35, And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,

because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

6. MOSES DISCOVERED THE MAJESTY OF THE MOST HIGH

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Exodus 33:18-23, And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. v. 19, And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. v. 20, And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. v. 21, And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: v. 22, And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: v. 23, And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

7. DAVID DESCRIBED THE MAJESTY OF THE MOST HIGH

I Chronicles 29:11, Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Psalm 8:1, 0 LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Psalm 29:4, The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice o the LORD is full of maj-esty. Psalm 45:3, Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, 0 most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. Psalm 91:1, He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 93:1, The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Psalm 96:6, Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. God is the king of glory. Psalm 24:9-10, Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. v. 10, Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.


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8. GOD REVEALED HIS MAJESTY AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE

II Chronicles 7:1-3, Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. v. , And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. v. 3, And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

9. GOD DWELLS IN FIRE NO ONE CAN APPROACH

Isaiah 33:14, The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

10. ANGELS HIDE FROM THE FIRE OF GOD'S ETERNAL HOLINESS

Isaiah 6:1-3, In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. v. 2, Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. v. 3, And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

11. EZEKIEL SAW THE MAJESTY OF THE MOST HIGH

Ezekiel saw heaven open--the home of God. It taxed his language to describe this event. Heaven was different from what he had experienced or known before. He had to use the language of comparison. Ezekiel uses "likeness" and "appearance" because he could not fully describe the scene.

A. Ezekiel 1:13, As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was

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B. Ezekiel 1:26-28, And above the firmament that was over their heads was the

likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. v. 27, And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. v. 28, As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

C. Ezekiel 10:4, Then the glory of the LORD went up, from the cherub, and stood

over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

12. THE MAJESTY OF THE MOST HIGH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

A. Shepherds witnessed His majesty.

Luke 2:9, And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

B. Peter, James, and John witnessed majesty.

Matthew 17:4-5, Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. v. 5, While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

C. Stephen witnessed the majesty.

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13. THE MAJESTY OF THE MOST HIGH TODAY

A. Man's relationship to God's majesty

I Peter 2:9, But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

B. II Corinthians 3:18, But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the

glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

14. PROPHETIC MAJESTY

A. Micah 5:4, And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the

majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

B. Revelation 21:23, And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to

shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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THE ALMIGHTINESS OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: The One we know as God is not a god made of earth material such as gold or precious stones, but He is the Lord God Almighty. The Elohim and Jehovah are revelations of the Almighty. He is revealed as the ruler of the universe. He is the ultimate and total source of authority and power known and revealed to man. The apostle John saw into heaven and described the throne room of God. READING: Revelation 4:8, And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 1. IN THE BOOK OF BEGINNINGS

The Most High revealed Himself to Abraham as the Almighty, whose posterity would ultimately bring the Savior to mankind. Genesis 17:1, And When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Therefore, God was not late in this revelation.

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2. THE MOST HIGH IS OMNIPOTENT

A. The truth of the Most High has not evolved, but was created. The oldest earth writings are recorded in the book of Job. This ancient of the East said in Job 37:23, Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Job in this one verse made five positive statements:

1) The Almighty is beyond human experience. 2) The Almighty is excellent in power. 3) The Almighty is excellent in judgment. 4) The Almighty is excellent in justice. 5) The Almighty will not afflict His people.

These truths written in past millenniums stand as basic knowledge of all human kind today.

B. The Most High reigns in omnipotence.

Revelation 19:6, And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth..

The Most High gave me this scripture while our traveling evangelistic group was captured in Southwest China. Bandits had us under gunpoint for three hours. When I felt my life threatened God spoke to me the assurance of Revelation 19:6. Within a few minutes we were released.

3. THE MOST HIGH FILLS THE HEAVEN AND EARTH WITH HIS

ALMIGHTINESS

A. Jeremiah 23:24, Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

B. I Kings 8:27, But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and

heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

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4. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE MOST HIGH

A. Sarah had been made barren by Satanic attack against the coming of a world Messiah. Had God made a mistake in choosing Abraham, because his wife was barren? God speaks in Genesis 18:14, Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

B. Job 42:2, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be

withholden from thee.

C. Matthew 19:26, But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

D. Luke 1:37, For with God nothing shall be impossible.

5. THE GREATNESS OF THE MOST HIGH DEMANDS PRAISE AND

OBEDIENCE OF MANKIND

A. Moses received a remarkable revelation of the Most High.

Deuteronomy 3:24, 0 Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

B. David received amazing revelation.

Psalm 77:13, Thy way, 0 God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

Psalm 95:3, For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. Psalm 104:1, Bless the LORD, 0 my soul. 0 LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Psalm 145:3, Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

C. Isaiah came to know the almightiness of God.

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D. Jeremiah spoke of His majesty.

Jeremiah 32:18, Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name.

E. Malachi had a revelation of God's omnipotence.

Malachi 1:11, For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

6. THE ALMIGHTINESS OF THE MOST HIGH WAS REVEALED IN THE LIFE OF JESUS

A. At birth

Luke 2:8-14, And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. v. 9, And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. v. 10, And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. v. 11, For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. v. 12, And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. v. 13, And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, v. 14, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men.

B. At baptism

Matthew 3:13, Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Matthew 3:16-17, And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: v. 17, And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

What an amazing trilogy of evidence. 1. Christ was in the water of Jordan. 2. The Spirit of God like a dove rested upon Him. 3. The voice from heaven proclaimed acceptance by the Most High.

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THE AWESOMENESS OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: Reverend is His name. Awesome is His presence. It is a little-known truth that the only occasion the word "reverend" is used in the Bible is for God and not man. To the religious Israelites the name of God was so awesome it was seldom spoken with an audible voice. READING: Psalm 111:9, He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. Habakkuk 2:20, But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. 1. ADAM FIRST WITNESSED THE AWESOMENESS OF THE MOST HIGH

Genesis 3:8-10, And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the

LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. v. 9, And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? v. 10, And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

2. NOAH SAW THE AWESOMENESS OF THE MOST HIGH

A. He saw it when God closed the door of the ark.

Genesis 7:16, And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

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B. He also witnessed it at the altar, after seeing the devastation of the world.

Genesis 9:11-13, And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. v. 12, And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. v. 13, 1 do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

3. ABRAHAM SAW THE AWESOMENESS OF THE MOST HIGH

A. The revelation came at the altar of sacrifice.

Genesis 17:1-6, And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD ap-peared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. v. 2, And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. v. 3, And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, v. 4, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. v. 5, Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. v. 6, And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

B. He acknowledged it when the people of Abimelech could have no children.

Genesis 20:17-18, So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. v. 18, For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

C. Abraham witnessed the awesomeness as he watched Sodom burn.

Genesis 19:27-29, And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: v. 28, And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. v. 29, And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.


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4. MOSES ENCOUNTERED THE AWESOMENESS OF THE MOST HIGH

Exodus 3:5 (KJV), And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. v. 6, Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

(Moffat) v. 5, And He said, Do not come close; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is sacred ground. v. 6, He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses covered his face; he was afraid to look at God. (AMP) v. 5, God said, Do not come near; put your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. v. 6, Also He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

5. JOSHUA ENCOUNTERED THE AWESOMENESS OF THE MOST

HIGH

Joshua 5:15 (KJV), And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. (Moffat) The captain of the host of the Eternal said to Joshua, Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is sacred. (AMP) And the Prince of the Lord's host said to Joshua, Loose your shoes from off your feet; for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.

6. DAVID DESCRIBED HIS AWESOMENESS

A. Psalm 4:4, (KJV) Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

(Moffat) Tremble at it and give over sinning, bethink yourselves at night and hold your peace.

(AMP) Be angry (or stand in awe) and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be silent (sorry for the things you say in your heart). Selah (pause and calmly think of that)!


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B. Psalm 33:8 (KJV), Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

(Moffat) Let all the earth fear the Eternal, let every dweller stand in awe of

him. (AMP) Let all the earth fear the Lord-revere and worship Him; let all the in-

habitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

Psalm 89:7 (KJV), God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

(Moffat) A God to be dreaded at the heavenly council, an overawing God.

(AMP) A God greatly feared and revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared and worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him.

7. HABAKKUK KNEW GOD'S AWESOMENESS

Habakkuk 2:20, But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him. (Moffat) But the Eternal is within his sacred temple; hush, all men, he is here!

(AMP) But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth hush and keep silence before Him.

8. ISAIAH'S ENCOUNTER WITH AWESOMENESS

Isaiah 6:1-8, In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. v. 2, Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. v. 3, And one cried unto another, and said Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. v. 4, And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. v. 5, Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. v. 6, Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:


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v. 7, And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. v. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

9. DANIEL KNEW AWESOMENESS

Daniel 10:5-11, Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: v. 6, His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. v.7, And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vi-sion; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. v. 8, Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. v. 9, Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. v. 10, And, behold, an hand touched me., which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. v. 11, And he said unto me, 0 Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

10. AT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST THE MOST HIGH REVEALED HIS AWESOMENESS

A. To Mary

Luke 1:26-32, And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, v. 27, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. v. 28, And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. v. 29, And when she was him, she was troubled at this saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. v. 30, And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. v. 31, And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. v. 32, He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David.


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B. To Joseph

Matthew 1:18-21, Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. v. 19, Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. v. 20, But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord ap-peared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. v. 21, And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

11. AWESOMENESS AT THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST

Matthew 17:1-3, 6, And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, v. 2, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his rai-ment was white as the light. v. 3, And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. v. 6, And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

12. AWESOMENESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST

Matthew 27:54, Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

13. JOHN ENCOUNTERED AWESOMENESS

Revelation 1:10-18, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, v. 11, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. v. 12, And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; v. 13, And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.


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v. 14, His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; v. 15, And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. v. 16, And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. v. 17, And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: v. 18, 1 am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

14. IN ETERNITY THE MOST HIGH WILL BE:

A. Our heavenly Father for supply.

B. A devouring fire as the Most High God.

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Lesson 11

THE IMMUTABILITY OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: The human race lives in a world of constant change. Every human accepts change as a way of life. READING: Matthew 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 1. THE WAY OF THE MOST HIGH IS PERFECT

II Samuel 22:31, As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

2. THE WORK OF THE MOST HIGH IS PERFECT

Deuteronomy 32:4, He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

3. THE WILL OF THE MOST HIGH IS PERFECT

Romans 12:2, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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5. GOD'S PEOPLE SHOULD BE PERFECT

Matthew 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

6. THE WORD OF GOD IS PERFECT

Psalm 19:7, The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

In God there is no change; He is immutable.

1. The Most High never changes from being God. 2. God is good and God never varies from being good. 3. God cannot become better. 4. God is not immature and growing into maturity. 5. God is immutable, unchangeable. 6. God cannot get more holy, more beautiful, or more compassionate. 7. God cannot be modified.

7. THE MOST HIGH IS ETERNALLY THE SAME

A. Psalm 102:27, But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. B. So is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:8, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.

8. THE MOST HIGH SPEAKS OF HIS IMMUTABILITY

Malachi 3:6, For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. The Most High proves His immutability by preserving the children of Abraham from destruction.

9. THE MOST HIGH'S COUNSEL IS FOREVER

Psalm 33:11, The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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10. THE MOST HIGH FOLDS UP GENERATIONS

Hebrews 1:12, And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. The Most High has no grandchildren. In each generation He addressed His redeemed of the earth as His children.

11. THE MOST HIGH HAS NO VARIABLENESS


This is one of the strongest statements regarding the Most High God.

12. GOD'S WORD IS UNCHANGEABLE

A. Psalm 119:89, For ever, 0 LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

B. Numbers 23:19-20, God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

v. 20, Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

C. I Samuel 5:29, And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is

not a man, that he should repent.

D. Psalm 33:11, The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

E. Hebrews 6:17, Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs

of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. 13. THE ACTIONS OF THE MOST HIGH ARE IMMUTABLE

A. Ecclesiastes 3:14, I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

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THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: Rulership and authority are very important. The Most High--and only the Most High--is absolutely free. He is all powerful to express His eternal will and purposes. No one can hinder or help Him perform His perfect will forever and no one can speak against His sovereignty. READING: Psalm 83:18, That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 1. THE ONLY TOTAL POWER

Deuteronomy 4:39, Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

2. OWNER AND RULER OF ALL

I Chronicles 29:11-12, Thine, 0 LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. v. 12, Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

3. THE MOST HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH

Psalm 47:2, For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

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Psalm 83:18, That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

Psalm 93:1, The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Psalm 135:6, Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

4. THE MOST HIGH ENACTS HIS WILL

Daniel 4:34-35, . . . and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: v. 35, And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

5. JESUS RECOGNIZED GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY

Matthew 6:13, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6. PAUL DESCRIBED GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY

A. Acts 17:24-28, God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he

is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; v. 25, Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing,

seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; v. 26, And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the

face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

v. 27, That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

v. 28, For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

B. I Timothy 6:15-16, Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and

only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; v. 16, Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can ap-proach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.


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7. OUR GOD IS GREAT A. II Chronicles 2:5, And the house which I build is great: for great is our God

above all gods.

B. Psalm 86:10, For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

8. HIS SOVEREIGNTY EXTENDS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE

Deuteronomy 10:14, Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

9. GOD CONTROLS DESTINY THROUGH HIS SOVEREIGNTY

A. I Samuel 2:6-8, The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

v. 7, The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. v. 8, He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the

dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

B. Job 12:10, In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all

mankind. C. Psalm 7:6-7, Arise 0, LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage

of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. v. 7, So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their

sakes therefore return thou on high.

D. Daniel 2:20-21, Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

v. 21, And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.

10. NO ONE CAN HINDER GOD

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11. THE SOVEREIGN GOD DEFENDS HIS PEOPLE

Psalm 89:18, For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. 12. THERE IS JOY BECAUSE GOD IS SOVEREIGN

Psalm 97:1-2, The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. v. 2, Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

13. GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY DEMANDS REVERENCE

A. Psalm 99:1, The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

B. Jeremiah 10:10, But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an

everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

C. Malachi 1:14, But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and

voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

14. THE MOST HIGH GIVETH WISDOM

Daniel 2:20-22, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: v. 21, And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding. v. 22, He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

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INTRODUCTION: God has unlimited knowledge of existing facts and future events. READING: Job 36:4, For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. 1. GOD KNOWS THE FUTURE

A. Isaiah 42:9, Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

B. Isaiah 46:10, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the

things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.

C. Daniel 2:28, But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh-

known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the, visions of thy head upon they bed, are these...

D. Acts 3:18, But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all

his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. E. Acts 15:18, Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the

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2. GOD HAS PRESERVED SOME KNOWLEDGE FOR HIMSELF ALONE

Matthew 24:36, But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

3. GOD'S KNOWLEDGE IS DETERMINATIVE

A. Romans 8:29, For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

B. I Peter 1:2, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through

sanctification of the Spirit... 4. GOD KNOWS THE INNER THOUGHTS OF MAN'S HEART

A. Psalm 139:1-6, 0 LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. v. 2, Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. v. 3, Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. v. 4, For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, 0 LORD, thou knowest it altogether. v. 5, Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. v. 6, Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

B. Acts 15:8, And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them

the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us.

C. Luke 16:15, And he said unto them, Ye are the which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among

men is abomination in the sight of God.

D. Ezekiel 11:5, And the spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, 0 house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

E. I Samuel 16:7, But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance,

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F. I Kings 8:39, Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men.)

G. I Chronicles 28:9, And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father,

and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

H. Psalm 44:21, Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the

heart. I. Psalm 139:4, For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, 0 LORD, thou

knowest it altogether. 5. GOD SHARES KNOWLEDGE WITH MAN FOR HIS BENEFIT

A. Isaiah 28:26, For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

B. Isaiah 48:17, Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

C. Isaiah 54:13, And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall

be the peace of thy children.

D. Jeremiah 32:33, And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

E. Exodus 4:15, And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I

will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. F. Deuteronomy 4:36, Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he

might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

G. Psalm 25:12, What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the

way that he shall choose.

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I. Isaiah 2:3, And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his Paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

6. THE MOST HIGH IS THE ONLY WISE GOD

A. Romans 16:27, To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

B. I Timothy 1:17, Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise

God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

7. GOD OF KNOWLEDGE

I Samuel 2:3, Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

8. NO ONE CAN TEACH THE MOST HIGH

Job 21:22, Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 9. NOTHING IS UNKNOWN TO GOD

A. Psalm 139:15, My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

B. Job 26:6, Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. C. Proverbs 15:3, The eyes of the LORD are in everyplace, beholding the evil and

the good. D. Jeremiah 23:24, Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?

saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. E. Matthew 10:28-30, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to

kill the soul, but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. v. 29, Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. v. 30, But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

F. Hebrews 4:13, Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:

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10. THE FATHER KNOWS OUR NEED

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THE FATHERHOOD OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: The heathen have no god called father. God is called Father ("Abba" pertains to the Father) 176 times in the Bible. In the Old Testament, we read that God is the Father of Israel. Jeremiah 31:9, For I am a father to Israel... READING: I Corinthians 8:6, But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 1. HEAVENLY FATHER

Jesus said in Matthew 6:9, After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Matthew 6:14, For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

2. RIGHTEOUS FATHER

John 17:25, 0 righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

3. ABBA, FATHER

A. Mark 14:36, And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

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B. Romans 8:15, For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but

ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. C . Galatians 4:6, And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his

Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.. 4. FATHER OF MERCIES

II Corinthians 1:3, Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.

5. FATHER OF GLORY

Ephesians 1:17, That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

6. FATHER OF SPIRITS

Hebrews 12:9, Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

7. FATHER OF LIGHTS


8. JESUS HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER

A. He spoke only what he had heard from the Father.

John 8:26-28, I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. v. 27, They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. v. 28, Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

B. He did not please himself but the Father.

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C. Jesus said his doctrine was not his, but the Father's.

John 7:16-17, Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

v. 17, If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

D. Jesus said He lived by the Father.

John 6:57, As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

9. THE MOST HOLY IS ALSO COMPASSIONATE

II Kings 13:23, And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

10. FATHER OF ISRAEL

Exodus 4:22, And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.

11. GOD PROMISED TO BE SOLOMON'S FATHER

II Samuel 7:14, I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. I Chronicles 28:6, And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

12. FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS

Psalms 68:5, A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

13. EVERLASTING FATHER

Isaiah 9:6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.


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14. FATHER AND REDEEMER

Isaiah 63:16, Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, 0 LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

15. LOVE PRODUCES SONSHIP

Matthew 5:44-45, But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you: v. 45, That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

16. FATHER AND REVEALER

Matthew 16:17, And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

17. HOLY FATHER

A. John 17:11, And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

B. When Isaiah beheld His divine holiness, he cried in Isaiah 6:5, . . . woe is me!

for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, . . . for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

C. We must see God to know ourselves. A knowledge of the holy One comes by

revelation.

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INTRODUCTION: All created things decay. But God, the Creator, never decays nor diminishes. READING: Romans 1:23, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. 1. GOD IS NOT TEMPTED WITH SIN

James 1:13, Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

2. GOD IS GOOD

A. Exodus 34:6, And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

B. Psalm 34:8, 0 taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that

trusteth in him. 3. GOD IS LOVING

A. Psalm 17:7, Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, 0 thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

B. Psalm 36:7, How excellent is thy lovingkindness, 0 God! therefore the children

of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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4. THE MOST HIGH IS UPRIGHT

Psalm 25:8, Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

5. HE IS HOLY

Leviticus 19:2, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

6. THERE IS NO INIQUITY IN HIM

A. Deuteronomy 32:4, He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

B. Job 34:10, Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from

God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

C. Job 36:23, Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast

wrought iniquity? 7. THE MOST HIGH IS RIGHTEOUS

A. Psalm 11:7, For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

B. Isaiah 51:8, For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall

eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

C. Romans 9:14, What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?

God forbid. 8. HE IS PERFECT

A. Psalm 18:30, As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

B. Matthew 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven

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9. HIS NAME IS NOT POLLUTED

A. Ezekiel 39:7, So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

B. Exodus 20:7, Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for

the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 10. THERE IS NO DARKNESS IN GOD

I John 1:5, This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

11. THE MOST HIGH IS THE TRUE GOD AND THE GOD OF TRUTH

A. Jeremiah 10:10, But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide in his indignation.

B. John 17:3, And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. C. The Most High does not lie.

Numbers 23:19, God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? I Samuel 15:29, And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Titus 1:2, In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.

D. The Most High is a God of truth.

Deuteronomy 32:4, He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Psalm 31:5, Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, 0 LORD God of truth.


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Isaiah 65:16, That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth, because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. Revelation 6:10, And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, 0 Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ?

E. His paths are truth.

Psalm 25:10, All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. Revelation 15:3, And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

F. His works are done in truth.

Psalm 33:4, For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. Daniel 9:13, As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

G. God sends His truth.

Psalm 34:3, 0 magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. Psalm 57:3, He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. Psalm 89:14, Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

H. The Most High is plenteous in truth.

Psalm 86:11, Teach me thy way, 0 LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

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I. The truth of God is a protection.

Psalm 91:4, He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

J. God's truth is enduring.

Psalm 117:2, For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 146:6, Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever.

K. God's truth is immeasurable.

Psalm 108:4, For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

L. God's truth promotes praise.

Psalm 138:2, I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

M. God's counsels are truth.

Isaiah 25:1, 0 LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

N. The Most High is the true God.

Jeremiah 10:10, But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. John 8:26, I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. Romans 3:4, God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.


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O. God's Word is truth.

John 17:17, Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

P. The truth of God sanctifies.

John 17:19, And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

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INTRODUCTION: There are no holy gods among the deities of mankind except Jehovah God.

A. What is the Most High? The Most High is holy. B. The angels cry, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty." C. The Most High God possesses moral excellence. D. The Most High has spiritual purity. E. The Most High has incomprehensible and absolute holiness. F. God's holiness knows no limits. G. The Most High said, "Be ye holy as I am holy." H. Hebrews 12:14, . . . holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. I. Holy is healthy. Whatever is holy is healthy. Sin is moral, physical, spiritual

sickness. To preserve His holiness, God must destroy that which destroys His holy person and His holy kingdom. By imputation, God places His holiness in the heart of man.

READING: Exodus 15:11, Who is like unto thee, 0 LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Psalm 99:9, Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

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1. ISAIAH SEES THE MOST HIGH

The prophet Isaiah beheld His divine holiness. Isaiah 6:5, Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. We must see the Most High to know ourselves. A true knowledge of the Most High comes by divine revelation.

2. THE MOST HIGH IS SOLITARY IN DIVINE HOLINESS

A. I Samuel 2:2, There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

B. Matthew 19:17, And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is

none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

3. THE MOST HIGH WELCOMES MAN TO HOLINESS

A. Leviticus 19:2, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

B. I Peter l:15-16, But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all

manner of conversation; v. 16, Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. C. Hebrews 12:14, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no

man shall see the Lord. 4. THERE IS NO SIN IN THE MOST HIGH

A. Deuteronomy 32:4, He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

B. Job 34:10, Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from

God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

C. Psalm 92:15, To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no

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5. THE MOST HIGH RULES HIS DOMAIN IN HOLINESS

Psalm 47:8, God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

6. THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH IS FULL OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Psalm 48:10, According to thy name, 0 God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

7. THE MOST HIGH SPEAKS TO MAN IN HOLINESS

Psalm 60:6, God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice . . . 8. THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGH IS HOLY

Psalm 111:9, He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

This is the only time the word "reverend" is used in the Bible.

9. ALL WORKS OF THE MOST HIGH ARE HOLY

A. Isaiah 5:16, But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

B. Psalm 145:17, The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his

works. 10. THE WORDS OF THE MOST HIGH ARE HOLY

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THE LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH

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INTRODUCTION: An intelligent creature can have power without love. The devil has power but is without love. The Most High has all power and is the essence of love. READING: I John 4:8-11, 16, 18, He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. v. 9, In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. v. 10, Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. v. 11, Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. v. 16, And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. v. 18, There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1. THE MOST HIGH IS LOVE

II Corinthians 13:11, Finally brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

A. He is not a boogie man.

B. He is not Scrooge.

C. He is not a difficult uncle.

D. God has power, but He is love.

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2. THE MOST HIGH'S GREATEST GIFT

John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

3. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE MOST HIGH

I Corinthians 13:4-8 A. v. 4 - Love suffereth long. B. v. 4 - Love is kind. C. v. 4 - Love envieth not. D. v. 4 - Love vaunteth not itself. E. v. 4 - Love is not puffed up. F. v. 5 - Love doth not behave itself unseemly. G. v. 5 - Love seeketh not her own. H. v. 5 - Love is not easily provoked. I. v. 5 - Love thinketh no evil. J. v. 6 - Love rejoiceth not in iniquity. K. v. 6 - Love rejoiceth in the truth. L. v. 7 - Love beareth all things. M. v. 7 - Love believeth all things. N. v. 7 - Love hopeth all things. O. v. 7 - Love endureth all things. P. v. 8 - Love never faileth.

4. THE MOST HIGH GIVES GIFTS

Love's gifts-what are they? I Corinthians 12:8-10, For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; v. 9, To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; v. 10, To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.

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F. Gifts of healing G. Prophecy H. Tongues I. Interpretation of tongues

5. MAN DOES NOT MERIT THE LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH

Deuteronomy 7:7-8, The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: v. 8, But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

6. GOD COMMANDS LOVINGKINDNESS TOWARD US

Psalm 42:8, Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

7. THE LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH DESERVES PRAISE

Psalm 63:3, Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 8. THE LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH IS EVERLASTING

Jeremiah 31:3, The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

9. THE MOST HIGH LOVES THE RIGHTEOUS

A. Psalm 146:8, The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them

that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous.

B. Proverbs 15:9, The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

C. John 14:21-23, He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. v. 22, Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? v. 23, Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.


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D. John 16:27, For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and

have believed that I came out from God. 10. GOD LOVED US WHILE WE WERE SINNERS

A. Romans 5:8, But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

B. Ephesians 2:4, But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he

loved us. 11. MAN MUST KEEP HIMSELF IN THE LOVE OF THE MOST HIGH

Jude 2l, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

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INTRODUCTION: For a millennium the world has cried out for justice. Often it is difficult to find justice in the legal codes. The Most High is just because justice is His very nature. READING: Deuteronomy 32:4, He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Isaiah 45:21, Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 1. THE MOST HIGH IS JUST IN SALVATION

1 John 1:9, If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2. THE MOST HIGH JUDGES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS

A. Genesis 16:5, And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

B. I Samuel 24:12, The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge

me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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3. THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH DOES RIGHT

Genesis 18:25, That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

4. GOD JUDGES BETWEEN NATIONS

Judges 11:27, Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

5. THE MOST HIGH CONDEMNS SIN BUT EXALTS

RIGHTEOUSNESS

A. I Kings 8:32, Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

B. Psalm 11:7, For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance

doth behold the upright. C. II Peter 2:9, The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and

to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. 6. JEHOVAH'S JUSTICE CANNOT BE PERVERTED

A. II Chronicles 19:7, Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

B. Job 8:3, Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

7. HIS JUDGMENT IS RIGHTEOUS

A. Psalm 9:7-8, But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

v. 8, And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

B. Psalm 19:9, The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of

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C. Psalm 96:13, Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

8. JEHOVAH LOVES JUDGMENT

A. Psalm 33:5, He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

B. Isaiah 61:8, For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;

and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9. THE THRONE OF THE MOST HIGH IS JUSTICE

Psalm 89:14, Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

10. THE JUDGMENT OF THE MOST HIGH IS OF THE HEART

Proverbs 21:2, Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

11. JUSTICE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE

Proverbs 21:3, To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

12. JEHOVAH IS A GOD OF JUDGMENT

Isaiah 30:18, And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

13. THE MOST HIGH IS A JUST GOD

Isaiah 45:21, Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.


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THE MOST HIGH IS LONGSUFFERING

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INTRODUCTION:

What do we mean by longsuffering? The Most High is longsuffering toward man, offering him repentance. READING:

Exodus 34:6, And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 1. THE MOST HIGH HAS LONGSUFFERING TOWARD A NATION

Numbers 14:18, The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

2. THE MOST HIGH IS ABUNDANT IN LONGSUFFERING

A. Psalm 86:15, But thou, 0 Lord, art a God full of compassion., and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

B. Micah 7:18, Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth

by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

3. THE MOST HIGH IS SLOW TO ANGER

A. Psalm 103:8-10, The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

v. 9, He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. v. 10, He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to

our iniquities.

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B. Joel 2:13, And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

4. A SECOND CHANCE BECAUSE OF GOD'S LONGSUFFERING

Luke 13:6-9, He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. v. 7, Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? v. 8, And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: v. 9, And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

5. THE LONGSUFFERING OF THE MOST HIGH TOWARD

GENTILES

A. Acts 17:30, And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.

B. I Peter 3:20, Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of

God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

6. THE LONGSUFFERING OF THE MOST HIGH IS NOT TO BE

ABUSED

A. Romans 2:4, Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

B. Revelation 2:21-22, And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she

repented not. v. 22, Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with

her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

Longsuffering can change to justice. 7. THE MOST HIGH IS LONGSUFFERING TOWARD VESSELS OF

DESTRUCTION

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8. SALVATION BY LONGSUFFERING

A. II Peter 3:9, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

B. II Peter 3:15, And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even

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INTRODUCTION: Men, even good men, will fail, but God never fails or turns back on His promises. Pagans cannot trust their gods. READING: I Corinthians 10:13, There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. I Peter 4:19, Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keep-ing of their souls to him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 1. THE MOST HIGH WILL NOT FORSAKE A PROMISE

A. Deuteronomy 4:31, (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

B. Deuteronomy 7:8, But because the LORD loved you, and because he would

keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

C. II Corinthians 1:20, For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him

Amen, unto the glory of God by us. D. Titus 1:2, In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before

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E. II Peter 3:9, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count

slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2. THE MOST HIGH’S FAITHFULNESS EXCEEDS HUMAN RIGHTEOUSSESS

Deuteronomy 9:5, Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

3. THE MOST HIGH GOD NEVER FAILS

Joshua 23:14, And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

4. THE MOST HIGH'S NAME INSURES FAITHFULNESS

I Samuel 12:22, For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

5. NO PROMISE OF THE MOST HIGH CAN FAIL

A. I Kings 8:56, Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

B. II Kings 8:19, Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's

sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

C. II Kings 13:23, And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

6. THE MOST HIGH'S FAITHFULNESS DOES NOT FAIL EVEN THOUGH HUMANS FAIL

Ezra 9:9, For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.


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7. UNMEASURABLE FAITHFULNESS

Psalm 36:5, Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

8. FAITHFULNESS TO ALL GENERATIONS

Psalm 119:90, Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

9. FAITHFULNESS ALL THE TIME

Psalm 92:1-2, It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, 0 most High: v. 2, To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

10. A PSALM OF FAITHFULNESS

Psalm 89:1-2, I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. v. 2, For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalm 89:5, And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, 0 LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. Psalm 89:8, 0 LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Psalm 89:24, But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Psalm 89:33-34, Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. v. 34, My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

11. FAITHFULNESS IS A GIRDLE

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12. THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE MOST HIGH AS A BETROTHAL Hosea 2:19, And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

13. FAITHFUL IN FELLOWSHIP

I Corinthians 1:9, God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

14. FAITHFUL TO HELP IN TEMPTATION

I Corinthians 10:13, There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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INTRODUCTION: It has been advertised: "Beware of substitutes!" A substitute according to Webster's Dic-tionary is: "To take the place of another, to replace." Usually we expect substitutes to be inferior in quality. Substitutes for the Most High is the greatest tragedy of human history. Evidently there was little or no substitute for the Most High before Noah and the global flood. The main reason for this was that men lived almost a thousand years and it was only about 2,000 years from Adam to Noah. After the deluge, substitutes for the Most High proliferated. READING: Exodus 20:3-6, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. v. 4, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. v. 5, Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; v. 6, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my command-ments. Romans 1:18, 25, For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. v. 25, Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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1. ANIMISM

Animism is probably the earth's oldest religious delusion. It is known on all continents and among the most primitive people. It could be called pantheism-or the belief that everything is God.

A. Animism is a religious dogma teaching that all elements in the world have

spirits and souls. Lifeless objects such as mountains, caves, and stones are worshiped. Also, trees and other flora possess spirit life.

B. Animism is a religion of spirits. In past history Animism has especially thrived

among illiterate cultures with little knowledge of Jehovah God. The worshipers delve deeply into superstition and witchcraft.

C. Animism teaches that all material objects are possessed or pervaded by life and

are indwelt with spirits. D. In the Philippines, I visited a Luzon tribe whose center of worship was a

particular tree in the village. Even the tree looked demon possessed. It was crooked; it was gnarled; it was leafless. It was greasy from people's hands rubbing on it to receive answers to their prayer and from offerings.

E. Fetishism is the belief in the power of inanimate objects and the veneration of

objects such as sticks, stones, and bones. These objects are often addressed in prayer and given offerings.

F. There is a practice of witchcraft that sends spirits into and out of humans. When

he is worshiping, the witchdoctor, sorcerer, or medicine man will work himself into a frenzy, repeating words and dancing with movements of his body to drum beating.

2. THE EGYPTIAN GODS

A. In Moses' day Egypt had magicians who served and directed the king. Exodus 7:11, Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now

the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. B. At that point in time, the king of Egypt directed his affairs of state by the use of

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C. Egypt had sorcerers. These men sought neither God nor true information. They sought for knowledge beyond the human mind, ESP.

D. Egyptians prayed to the sun god, Ra. This god lived in the sacred bull named

Apis. The great temple of Apis was located in Memphis, Egypt.

E. Egyptians had a cat-headed goddess. They also worshiped the beetle and the cow.

F. The following are some of the gods that the Egyptians worshiped:

(1) Ra or Re--the sun god (2) Shu--the air god (3) Knummu--the god with a man's body and a ram's head (4) Sekhmet--the god with a lion's head and a woman's body (5) Pharaohs--priest/ kings

3. THE BABYLONIANS HAD A VAST PANTHEON OF GODS

A. Shamash--the sun god B. Sim--the moon god C. Ishtar--the goddess of fertility D. Marduk--lord of heavens and a creator. He had wings and carried a sword and

sickle. E. Their gods were:

(1) Sun (2) Moon (3) Sky (4) Earth (5) Water

F. The people worshiped the king. The kingdom extended throughout the Median

and the Persian empires. G. They worshiped idols with their main god being Marduk. H. The magical power of the religion was expressed through soothsayers and court

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4. THE HINDUS HAVE MORE THAN 300 MILLION GODS

A. The most popular god of Hinduism is Krishna who says, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, "Whatever god a man worships, it is I who answers the prayer."

B. Hinduism is a vital religious force that has persisted. This force is demonic. It

rejects the Lord Jesus Christ. Hinduism offers no communion with God. C. Hinduism claims to offer transcendental experiences. It claims to offer the

supernatural. Hinduism can do this by the power of the devil. D. Yoga is Hindu philosophy. It teaches a supreme being. It teaches human

emancipation. To do this, it demands physically unnatural postures, the withdrawal from material objects, and the concentration of the mind on something outside itself. It is a way of work, a way of thought, a way of faith.

E. Worship of the cow

(1) One of the prominent gods of the Hindus is the sacred cow. Mahatma Gandhi said, "Cow protection is to me one of the most wonderful phenomena in human evolution. It takes the human being beyond his species. The cow to me means the entire sub-human world. Man, through the cow, is enjoined to realize his identity with all that lives. She is the mother of millions of Indian mankind. The cow is a poem of pity. Protection of the cow means protection of the whole dumb creation of god."

Montier-Williams wrote, "The cow is of all animals the most sacred. Every part of its body is inhabited by some deity or other. Every hair on its body is inviolable, all its excreta are hollowed."

I have personally witnessed the funeral of a cow in India. The dead carcass had garlands of flowers around its neck. It was lying on its back on an ox cart with flowers tied around its hoofs. People were singing and dancing through the street on the way to the funeral, some of whom were under a strange power, swaying from side to side. The driver of my rickshaw said foreigners were not safe on the street during this procession.

(2) Hinduism gave the world the hereditary caste system--a system that determines a person's social status by the caste of his birth. Hinduism grinds immortal human outcasts down, while making gods of cows. These are the pariahs or “untouchables” who are outside the caste system of India.


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Hinduism defiled the rivers of India. Hundreds come to die beside these waters. Afterwards their bodies are cremated and their ashes thrown upon the water.

I have been in and out of Hindu temples many times, and as a servant of God, I have felt the opposing, depressing forces of the devil. Some of the Hindu priests are so possessed that when our eyes met there was a spiritual conflict. This is not true of other non-Christian places of worship. I have been in many Muslim mosques but have not felt this same spirit.

F. Hinduism has three major deities. They especially honor three divine

personifications: (1) The destroyer, Siva, also a creator--a dancing figure with four arms. (2) The creator, Brahma. (3) The preserver, Vishnu--sleeping god, dreaming.

5. SHINTOISM

Shintoism is the state religion of Japan, consisting of more than 65 million adherents, mostly Japanese. Shintoism is as old as the Japanese culture.

It placed divinity upon the emperor of Japan. Many still believe it although it is not authorized.

A. Shinto means "Shin-Tao, god-way, or way of the gods or spirits." (1) Worship nature (2) Worship ancestors (3) Worship ancient heroes

B. Shinto religion is different. (1) They have no holy book. (2) There are many sects.

C. Shinto worship involves: (1) Rituals (2) Customs (3) Pilgrimages (4) Worship of many gods

6. BUDDHISM HONORS THE MAN-GOD BUDDHA

A. When visiting the borders of Tibet, I often slept in Buddhist temples along the road because no tourist facilities were available. I saw many heathen idols--as many as 10,000 gods in one temple. We examined plaster of Paris purgatories, painted red, where Buddhists paid money to gain purification and release.


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B. In Yunan Province, I pointed at a strange, grotesque, ugly god and asked the local priest how this god could help him as it had no life. The Chinese priest bowed graciously and pointed toward the back of the idol and said, "Normally the idol could not help you, but do you see this hole? This is where the spirit of this idol goes in and out. If a gift is placed in front of this god and prayer is made, he quickly comes inside and then he can answer the prayers of the worshiper."

Instantly I saw the relationship of I Corinthians 10:20, But I say, that the things

which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

7. THE GREEKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TIMES HAD MANY

GODS A. The Greeks had a god for everything.

(1) Zeus--the great sky father ruling in the upper air (2) Apollo--the sun god (3) Pan--the god of the fields, forests, wild animals, flocks, and shepherds

The lower part of his torso was that of a goat and the upper half of his torso that of a human with goat horns and ears.

(4) Poseidon--god of the sea and of horses (5) It was believed that these gods could avert evil, heal sicknesses, bless

actions such as birth, death, and marriage. The Greeks would get the approval of the gods for journeys or for planting and reaping.

(6) Their gods married and had children. Zeus (supreme deity) and his wife, Hera (queen of the gods and goddess of women and marriage) had a son named Hercules. He became the god of strength and courage.

B. In the Temple of Delphi

(1) Apollo, the god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine, was represented by Pythia, the high priestess.

(2) Delphi was located at a vent in the earth, and intoxicating vapors supposedly came out when Pythia muttered words from Apollo.

C. Artemis--virginal deity

(1) Artemis was the lover of children. (2) Artemis was Apollo's twin sister, goddess of the moon, and also in charge

of hunters and wild animals. (3) She became Artemis of Ephesus, a motherly goddess of fertility, covered

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D. Athena (1) Goddess of wisdom (2) Goddess of skills (3) Goddess of warfare

E. Aphrodite

(1) Goddess of love (2) Goddess of beauty (3) The Romans called her Venus. (4) These phantom gods caused nations and cities to rise and fall. They

demanded sacrifice and worship.

F. Athens

(1) Here amid the polytheistic atmosphere of the Greek culture was born the mysterious rites and initiations into the secret societies known only to the initiates. The candidates underwent a preparatory purification, such as washing in the sea. Then the instruction in the mystic knowledge was usually given behind closed doors in the Mystic Hall, a solemn beholding of sacred objects, followed by an enactment of a pageant or play, climaxed by a crowning or wreathing of each of the candidates as a full-fledged initiate.

(2) Some included nightlong ceremonies, drinking of wine, and learning to be possessed by a god.

(3) This was their ultimate experience--to find an excitingly satisfying way for the Greeks to feel the gods within them, and thus to share in their immortal nature, and be made into their appearance.

(4) This was the way of the mystics--a way that offered its individuals private and personal religious satisfaction and assurance not felt in all the other public and private worship ceremonies.

8. ISLAM HONORS THE PROPHET MOHAMMED

A. The Muslim religion is unique. (1) It is younger than Christianity, having originated in the sixth century A.D. (2) It is the only world religion that has conquered certain Christian areas and

turned the people back to a non-Christian religion. (3) Today, Islam can boast of having the second largest religious population

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B. Mohammed

Mohammed was born on the bleaching desert of Arabia about 570 A.D. History records him as one of the most influential persons ever to live. Little is known of his youth. His good fortune began at the age of 25 when he was employed by a wealthy widow named Khadijah. She found him so charming and capable in managing her commercial caravans that she later married him. With newly gained wealth and prestige, Mohammed pursued his consuming desire. He often retired to a cave to meditate on religion. One day while meditating, he saw a vision which changed his destiny. Mohammed returned to his people and announced himself a prophet of Allah. His wife believed in him and became his first convert. His adopted children followed. Eventually Khadijah, who was much older than Mohammed, died. Within a year he married three more wives. One had been the wife of one of his adopted sons; another a Jewish woman, and another a Coptic Christian. We can be certain that Mohammed heard of the Old and New Testament stories from these women.

9. THE APOSTLE PAUL PREDICTED A GREAT SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MOST HIGH IN THE END TIME.

A. 1 Timothy 4:1, Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.

B. I Thessalonians 5:1-5, But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no

need that I write unto you. v. 2, For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a

thief in the night. v. 3, For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction

cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

v. 4, But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

v. 5, Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.


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10. THE APOSTLE PETER PROPHESIED ABOUT THE END-TIME SUBSTITUTES

II Peter 3:3-9, Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, v. 4, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. v. 5, For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: v. 6, Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: v. 7, But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. v. 8, But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. v. 9, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


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Lesson 22

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INTRODUCTION: Beyond human knowledge and human comprehension is the eternalness of The Most High. Time is not an element; yesterday, today and tomorrow are equal. READING: Revelation 4:8-10, And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. v. 9, And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, v. 10, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 1. THE MOST HIGH WAS BEFORE THE BEGINNING

Genesis 1: 1, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2. ABRAHAM UNDERSTOOD THE EVERLASTING

Genesis 21:33, And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

3. DAVID UNDERSTOOD THE ETERNALNESS OF THE MOST HIGH

A. Psalm 90:1-2, Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. v. 2, Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

B. Psalm 135:13, Thy name, 0 LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, 0 LORD, throughout all generations.

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C. Psalm 9:7, But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

D. Psalm 102:12, But thou, 0 LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance

unto all generations. E. Psalm 102:24-27, 1 said, 0 my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:

thy years are throughout all generations. v. 25, Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the

work of thy hands. v. 26, They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old

like a garment, as a vesture shalt thou change them., and they shall be changed v. 27, But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

F. The Counsel of the Lord stands forever.

Psalm 33:11, The counsel of the LORD standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

G. Psalm 145:13, Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion en-dureth throughout all generations.

H. Psalm 146:10, The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, 0 Zion, unto all

generations. Praise ye the LORD. 4. SOLOMON SPOKE OF THE ETERNALNESS OF THE MOST HIGH

Proverbs 8:23-24, I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. v. 24, When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

5. THE NAME OF GOD REVEALED ETERNALNESS

Exodus 3:14-15, And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. v. 15, And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

6. JOB UNDERSTOOD THE ETERNALNESS OF THE MOST HIGH

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7. THE PROPHET JEREMIAH UNDERSTOOD THE ETERNALNESS OF THE MOST HIGH

Lamentations 5:19, Thou, 0 LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

8. THE GLORY OF THE MOST HIGH IS ETERNAL

A. Psalm 104:31, The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.

B. Ephesians 3:21, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all

ages, world without end. Amen. C. I Timothy 6:15-16, Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and

only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; v. 16, Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can ap-

proach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

D. Revelation 1:6, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;

to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 9. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE MOST HIGH IS ETERNAL

Psalm 111:3, His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

10. THE MOST HIGH HAS ETERNAL STRENGTH

A. Isaiah 26:4, Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

B. Isaiah 40:28, Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting

God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

11. THE MOST HIGH IS THE FIRST AND LAST

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B. Isaiah 44:6, Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

C. Isaiah 48:12, Hearken unto me, 0 Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am

the first, I also am the last. 12. THE MOST HIGH HOLDS THE REDEEMED WITH EVERLASTING

ARMS

Deuteronomy 33:27, The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

13. THE EMPEROR OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE LEARNED OF

THE ETERNALNESS OF THE MOST HIGH

Daniel 4:34, And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.

14. PAUL WITNESSED THE ETERNALNESS OF THE MOST HIGH

I Timothy 1:17, Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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READING:

John 4:24, God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Acts 17:24, God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

II Corinthians 3:17, Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

1. PERSONAL PENETRATION

I have sat and meditated in the prow of great ocean liners plowing the waters of the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea. I have looked intently at the glittering orbs of the starry dome of heaven, from the Inside Passage of Alaska to the Coral Sea of Australia and heard my soul cry, "What is God like?"

I wanted more than anything to know God on a personal basis.

I have sought to know God in watching His brilliance in the sunsets of the Alps in Switzerland, turning white silvery peaks into brilliant pink and golds. Words cannot describe the grandeur my spirit reached as I cried to Jehovah for more knowledge of the Most High.

2. PERSONAL SEARCH FOR THE MOST HIGH

Louise and I spent our honeymoon at Niagara Falls, Canada. We felt the earth tremble and listened to the roar of the mighty cataract, and our souls cried out, "What is the Most High like?" When we held our newborn sons, Frank, Stephen, and Peter in our arms for the first time, we whispered, "Oh, what is God like? He is the Most High!"

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3. THE WORD AND THE MOST HIGH Louise and I have discovered that the highest form of knowledge regarding the Most High is contained in His Word, so we continually search the Bible for truth.

4. MY HEALING AND PROMISE

Isaiah 41:10-11, Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. v. 11, Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

5. MY MISSIONARY CALL

Ezekiel 3:17-18, Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. v. 18, When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

6. MY CONFIRMATION WORD

John 15:16, Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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INTRODUCTION: These lessons would not be complete if we did not warn you that there will be obstructions to try to hinder you in your quest for the Most High God. READING: Zechariah 3:1-4, And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. v. 2, And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, 0 Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? v. 3, Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. v. 4, And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. 1. SATAN

A. He lied in Eden. Genesis 3:1-6, Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? v. 2, And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: v. 3, But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. v. 4, And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: v. 5, For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

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v. 6, And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

B. He closed Sarah's womb.

Genesis 18:11-13, Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. v. 12, Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? v. 13, And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

C. He deceived the sons of God.

Genesis 6:1-5, And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, v. 2, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. v. 3, And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. v. 4, There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. v. 5, And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

D. He caused King Saul to turn to witchcraft rather than the Most High.

I Samuel 28:6-16, And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. v. 7, Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. v. 8, And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. v. 9, And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?


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v. 10, And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. v. 11, Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. v. 12, And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. v. 13, And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. v. 14, And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. v. 15, And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. v. 16, Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

2. THE MIND

If you think without divine guidance, you cannot discover the Most High.

A. Jeremiah 17:9, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

B. II Corinthians 10:5, Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

C. Romans 8:6-7, For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

v. 7, Because the carnal mind is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

D. Ephesians 2:3, Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

E. Mark 7:20-23, And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

v. 21, For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, v. 22, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: v. 23, All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.


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3. THE FLESH

Abandonment to carnal desires will keep one from knowing the Most High.

A. Romans 7:5, For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

B. Romans 8:5, For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

C. Galatians 5:16-21, This I say then, Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

v. 17, For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

v. 18, But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. v. 19, Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,

fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, v. 20, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,

seditions, heresies, v. 21, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I

tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

D. Galatians 6:8, For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;

but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

E. John 6:63, It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

F. I Peter 2:11, Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

4. THE WORLD

Satan offered Christ the nations and their glory. No one can be obsessed with loving the world and knowing the Most High.

A. Matthew 4:8-10, Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

v. 9, And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

v. 10, Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.


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B. Mark 4:19, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

C. John 15:18-19, If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated

you. v. 19, If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye

are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

D. Romans 12:2, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by

the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

E. II Corinthians 4:4, In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of

them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

F. Galatians 1:4, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this

present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.

G. James 4:4, Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.


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