You're with me back to Revelation
19. Revelation 19, after word got
out about my dad's stroke last week, I received some texts and some
emails and some phone calls from brethren and loved ones with
words of sympathy and comfort. Many of them included a verse
of scripture with it, like we do quite often. Many of them
included a verse of scripture, and this is one of them. A dear sister, such a dear sister,
she sent me a text with these two verses at the end of it.
And when I read them, I was immediately comforted and I was blessed and
I knew right then and there that this would be my text the next
time I preached. Sometimes I struggle, I've told
you before, sometimes I'm searching and searching and begging, but
this was not one of those times. I knew, and it held true. As
soon as I read that, I thought, I'm preaching that. And I pray the Lord will make
this to be a blessing to you like he has to me. She sent Revelation
19, verses five and six. And a voice came out of the throne
saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear
him, both small and great. 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. Be still my soul. Man, that blesses my heart. That
blesses me just as much now as it did then. That blesses my
soul. The title of this message is
The Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth. Boy, you talk about good news. Oh, how quickly life on this
earth can become so frail. It seems so good and strong and,
you know, everything's going great. And then all of a sudden
it becomes so fragile and so uncertain, just thrown upside
down. It happens that fast, doesn't
it? But how comforting is it to know
that through it all, whatever it may be, the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth. The Lord our God reigns over
it all. The Lord our God is reigning
and ruling and ordering and controlling and purposing it all. Nothing gives me greater comfort
than knowing that. Everything, every bit of it,
whatever it is. That causes me to want to praise
my God. Doesn't that comfort our hearts
and make us want to praise the Lord? Praise the Lord. In verse 6, that word Alleluia
is Hallelujah, which means Praise ye the Lord. That's what Hallelujah
means. Praise ye the Lord. You praise
the Lord. I praise the Lord. Why? It's because the Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth. That's why. That's the reason
why. He reigns and He rules over all. all things. I tell you all the
time that Romans 828 is a light bulb moment for me every time
I truly read it. I've been telling you that for
12 years. More like 11 years and nine months. And every time I get a hold of
the fact that our God reigns over everything, it's such a
light bulb moment to me. It's all things, everything,
everything. Do you have any idea how many
things I am worried about? You have any idea? It doesn't matter whether it's
good things. It doesn't matter whether it's
bad things. It doesn't matter whether it's
hard things. It doesn't matter whether it's
unknown things. It doesn't matter whether it's
fearful things. Everything, everything, everything. He reigns over everything. In verse six, the word omnipotent
means Almighty, that's what it means. It means all ruling. It means the ruler of all things. I love this one. It means the
absolute universal sovereign. That's what it means. And just to put it in in layman's
terms terms, that means he controls everything. He controls everything. Oh, how often we forget that.
I'm convicted over this. I'm preaching to myself here.
I'm preaching to myself right now. How often I forget this. The Lord, my God, controls everything. He controls everything. He controlled everything concerning
creation, the world and all that is therein, everything. from
people to circumstances to germs and bacterias and diseases, sicknesses, everything, everything. He controls everything concerning
creation. He controls everything concerning
salvation. That's our message, isn't it?
He controls everything concerning salvation. From the fall of man. God was
in control of that. Yes, he was. He was in sovereign
control the whole time. From the fall of man to the redemption
of man. To the eternal glorification
of man. The hand of God Almighty has
done it all. God Almighty. I love that. God Almighty. Almighty. Praise ye the Lord
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. He is seated in the heavens right
now, doing as He pleases. He is reigning and ruling and
ordering and purposing and causing everything that happens. He's
the cause of it. He's the one bringing it to pass.
He's doing it all as He pleases. However He pleases. He kills. And He makes alive as He pleases. He wounds. Well, I'm wounded. My body's wounded. I'm going
to have to have some kind of surgery. He wounds. Why would He do that? I honestly
don't know. But that's what seemeth Him good.
It is the Lord. He wounds, He heals as He pleases. He's the sovereign God. And He does what He wants, with
whom He wants, and nobody can stop Him or question what He's
doing. You know what He's going to do with me? Whatever He wants
to do with me. You know how long I'm going to
live on this earth? However long He wants me to live on this earth.
Do you know how healthy I will be through the end of it? However
healthy He wants me to be. You know what I'm going to have?
Whatever he wants me to have. He does what he wants with whom
he wants. Nobody questions him. Nobody
stops him. Many years ago, Brother Henry Mahan's oldest son died
in Vietnam. And someone who did not believe
in the Lord God omnipotent, very, very cruelly said to him, where
was your God when your son died? Boy, you talk about a cruel thing
to say. Where was your God? You talk
about this God, you have your God, where was your God when
your son died? Brother Henry said, the same place he was when
his son died. seated on the throne, seated
on the throne, reigning and ruling on the throne of his absolute
sovereignty. He is all wise. Oh, you talk about all wise,
all holy. That means all right, all just,
all perfect. All good sovereignty, the Lord
God omnipotent reigns. And we are glad. We are so glad. We are so glad. We don't just
bow to that. We thank God for it. We praise God for it. We say,
hallelujah, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. That's not just
a religious term. You know, praise the Lord. I
mean, God's people are crying, praise the Lord. Four. He reigns. The Lord God omnipotent
reigneth. Again, he reigns in creation. He reigns in salvation. Christ
died reigning. He reigned on the cross of Calvary. You talk about ordering and ruling
and controlling and having His way. You want to see the way?
God having His way? Look at the cross of Calvary. I will that they be with me where
I am. And that's what it took. He died according to the sovereign
will of God Almighty. If it be possible, let this cup
pass from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but
thine be done. That was the will of God the
Father. He died according to the prophecy
of the scriptures. He died according to the promise
of God to his people. He died as it was foreordained
for him to. He died putting away the sin
of his people forever. He died obtaining eternal redemption
for his own. And then he arose. And then he
ascended. And then he sat down. And now
he ever lives to make intercession for his people. Hallelujah. The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Verse five says, in a voice came
out of the throne saying, praise our God, all ye his servants,
and ye that fear him, both small and great. Everybody, praise
him. Praise him for who he is. Praise
Him for what He does. Praise Him for everything that
He does. Turn over to Psalm 135. Psalm 135 says, praise ye the
Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord. Praise him, O ye servants of
the Lord. You that stand in the house of
the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, praise the
Lord. For the Lord is good. Sing praises
unto his name, for it is pleasant. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob
unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure. He chose a
particular people to save. He elected a people. Praise him
for that. Verse five, I know that the Lord
is great and that our Lord is above all gods. Whatsoever the
Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the
seas, and all deep places. Everything that he has done,
he's done it sovereignly. Verse 7, he causeth the vapors
to ascend from the ends of the earth, he maketh lightnings for
the rain, he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. That's
hurricanes and tornadoes. Verse eight, who smoked the firstborn
of Egypt, both of man and beast. The Lord God omnipotent did that. Why? Because he's good. Because his mercy endureth forever.
Verse nine, who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee,
O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants, who smoked
great nations and slew mighty kings, The Lord God omnipotent
did that. The one who reigns did that.
Verse 11, Sion, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all
the kingdoms of Canaan, and gave their land for inheritance, inheritance
unto Israel his people. Thy name, O Lord, endureth forever,
and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. For the Lord
will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning
his servants. The idols of the heathen are
silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Now this is false
gods, not the Lord God omnipotent. Verse 16, they have mouths, but
they speak not. Eyes have they, but they see
not. They have ears, but they hear not. Neither is there any
breath in their mouths. They that make them are like
unto them, so is everyone that trusteth in them. Dead, dead. Verse 19 says, Bless the Lord,
O house of Israel. Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi. Ye that fear the Lord, bless
the Lord. Blessed be the Lord. Out of Zion. Does that? I love how you keep
saying that. Bless the Lord, bless the Lord,
bless the Lord. And I got one more thing to say.
Bless the Lord. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion,
which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Hallelujah.
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Whatever he has pleased, that's
what he's done. And everything that he has done
has been good. Good. It's all good. It has been
for his glory and the good of his people. Praise you the Lord. Go back to Revelation 19. Verse 6 says, I heard as it were
the voice of a great multitude, all of God's elect people, every
soul saved by grace, Every sinner that was saved by
the mercy and grace of God, chosen in Christ, redeemed in His blood,
called by His Spirit, every single one of them. Verse 6, 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,
Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. He reigns. That's what heaven is going to
cry. It's gonna sound like mighty
waters. He reigns. That's what God's
people say right now. When things are going well, he
reigns. When things are going not so
well, He still reigns. Sometimes we just need a little
reminder of that. No matter what, He reigns. I'm almost done here,
but look with me at a few scriptures. Revelation 11. Revelation 11,
verse 15. And the seventh angel sounded,
and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms
of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his
Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. He reigns. Verse 16, the four
and 20 elders which sat before God on their seats fell upon
their faces and worshiped God, saying, We give thee thanks,
O Lord God Almighty, which art and wast and art to come, because
thou hast taken to thee thy great power and has reigned. He reigns. That's why we give
him thanks. He reigns. Look with me at 1
Corinthians 15. I love this. 1 Corinthians 15
verse 22. For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own
order. Christ the firstfruits, afterward
they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end when
he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father,
when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power,
for he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet. He must reign. He does reign. He will reign. He reigned in
creation, he reigned in salvation, and he reigns in every single
detail of our lives. Every single detail, every providence,
every provision, every step. Do you believe in your heart
that the steps of a man or woman in Christ, a good man, a righteous
woman, Made that way by Christ. Do you believe that the steps
of that man or woman are ordered of the Lord? That's what he said. Every step. Every breath. You talk about take something
for granted. A breath of air. Every function of our body. Whether I sleep tonight at home
or in a hospital or in a grave, either way he reigns. Either
way, no matter what, the Lord God omnipotent reigns. That is
such good news for every soul who needs for him to reign over
us. That is such good news for every
soul that has been caused to say, I will gladly have that
man reign over me. I would love to have that man
reign over me. It's not my will. It doesn't matter whether I will
it or not. He reigns over me either way. But it just so happens that nothing
gives me greater comfort and peace than knowing that He reigns
over me. I deeply desire for Him to reign
over me and Him to reign over every single component of my
life. I want Him to. I want Him to
right now and forevermore. That is good news to me. That
is glad tidings to me. Turn to Isaiah 52. I am wrapping
it up, I promise. Isaiah 52. You're not supposed to promise. Isaiah 52, verse 7, it says,
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings
of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, thy God
reigneth. Oh, how beautiful that is. How
beautiful this message is. Verse nine, break forth into
joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem, for the
Lord hath comforted his people. He hath redeemed Jerusalem. The
Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our
God. Salvation's of the Lord. Take comfort, he reigns. Comfort
ye, comfort ye my people. Tell them I reign. And I was
gonna have you turn to Psalm 146 where it says, The Lord our God reigns forever.
He reigns forever. Psalm 99 verse one says, everything
will tremble because the Lord reigns. Psalm 97 one says, the
Lord reigneth. I think it says, let the people
be glad or something like that. Psalm 96 verse nine through 10,
nine and 10, the Lord reigneth. Psalm 93 verse 1, the Lord reigneth. Psalm 47 verse 8, the Lord reigneth. I love Psalm 47. It says, oh,
clap your hands. You know, we don't do that here,
but we're going to. We're going to. Without there
being a show of anything, but absolute, oh my goodness, we're
not going to be able to retain ourselves. We're going to have
to clap our hands. Well done. Standing ovation for about 10,000
years. And then when 10,000 years are
done, we'll cry encore, encore. Clap your hands because God reigns.
The Lord our God reigns. At all times, in all circumstances,
we can be comforted by the fact that the Lord our God, the Lord
God omnipotent reigneth. He reigns. No matter what it
is, he's in control of it, he's doing all things well, and he
is bringing about good. That's what he's doing. He's
bringing about good. And for that, we can be thankful
and we can praise him. Because he reigns. I pray that'll
be as much of a comfort to you as it was to me. That has just
touched me since I read it. May the Lord be praised. All
right, let's all stand together. Turn with me to hymn number 10.