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August 7, 2005

Pastor George H. Heiland

Praise to God As Creator

⁴Now on the Levites’ platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God. ⁵Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, “Arise, bless the LORD your God forever and ever!

    O may Your glorious name be blessed

    And exalted above all blessing and praise!

⁶    “You alone are the LORD.

    You have made the heavens,

    The heaven of heavens with all their host,

    The earth and all that is on it,

    The seas and all that is in them.

    You give life to all of them

    And the heavenly host bows down before You.

A. He is the ETERNAL Creator vs. 5a

   “Arise, bless the LORD your God forever and ever!

In honor of God the Israelites stood to their feet and joined together as one as the Levites led in Praise and adoration of God.  The phrase “forever and ever” speaks of  the eternality of God. When Moses was sent to liberate Israel he asked, who shall I say sent me. In Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”  Matthew Henry says, “This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies, that he is self-existent; he has his being of himself, and has no dependence upon any other: the greatest and best man in the world must say, By the grace of God I am what I am; but God says absolutely—and it is more than any creature, man or angel, can say—I am that I am. Being self-existent, he cannot but be self-sufficient, and therefore all-sufficient, and the inexhaustible fountain of being and bliss.”

B. He is the EXALTED Creator vs. 5b

“O may Your glorious name be blessed

    And exalted above all blessing and praise!”

The Bible declares that “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.”  Psalm 14:1  To deny Him is to deny the reality of creation.  See Romans 1:20,21  For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

C. He is the EXCLUSIVE Creator vs. 6

1. He Alone is God

“You alone are the LORD.

Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born, Or Thou didst give birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God. Psalm 90:1,2

“Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me.  Isaiah 45:21

2. He Alone Made the Heavens, the Earth and Sea

We cannot create by fiat, and we do not know how God could. To say that he created “out of nothing” is to confess a mystery, not explain it. Genesis 1:1  “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  That is a biblical fact!  See also Psalm 89:11; The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine; The world and all it contains, Thou hast founded them.  He’s the Potter;  we the clay.

3. He Alone Gives and Sustains Life

The stability of the universe depends on constant divine upholding; this is a specific ministry of the divine Son , Colossians 1:17. “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

4. He Alone is Worshiped

Exodus 20:3-6 “You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. “You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.” John 3:23,24  “But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

 Have you learned to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth?  If you have never received Christ as you Savior,  you have no assurance of heaven.  Why not trust Him today?  If you know Him, take heart. He loves you!

     Thanks for reading this message.  DO YOU have need of salvation? God's Word tells us to repent of our sins and come to God accepting the fact that Christ died on the cross, rose from the dead and paid the full penalty for all that come to Him in faith.   

See John 6:35-40

³⁵Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. ³⁶“But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. ³⁷“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. ³⁸“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹“This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

Here are some points to consider:

Have you found a church home?  If you are in the area of Port St Lucie, why not visit us?

Have you found new life in Christ? Why not come to Him today? God will receive those who will come to Him.  He has provided the means for you to be saved, baptized and be a part of His New Testament Local Church ministry -- He gave His Son to intercede; all you need to do is cast yourself upon His mercy and grace.  

Jesus said in John 6:37-40

38 “For  I have come down from heaven,  not to do My own will, but  the will of Him who  sent Me. 39 “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of  all that He has given Me I  lose nothing, but  raise it up on the last day. 40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who  beholds the Son and  believes in Him, may have eternal life; and I Myself will  raise him up on the last day.”

 It is important to note Luke's comment in Acts 4:12 

 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.”

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