Those Who Come to Christ

Q: What does the Bible say about worshiping God?

The Bible teaches that worship is central to our relationship with God, where we acknowledge His sovereignty and lordship. Worship is a fundamental aspect of approaching God, as seen throughout Scripture. In Matthew 8, the leper comes to Jesus and worships Him, recognizing His authority and power. Psalm 95:6 invites us to 'worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.' Furthermore, worship involves acknowledging God's sovereignty and is to be done with reverence, as seen in 1 Chronicles 16:29, which says, 'Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him; worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness.' It's essential to approach God in worship not just for what we want, but for who He is.

Q: How do we know Jesus is Lord according to the Bible?

The Bible consistently affirms Jesus' lordship over all creation, emphasizing His authority as God incarnate. Jesus' lordship is affirmed in multiple passages of Scripture. In Matthew 28:18, Jesus declares, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.' This command emphasizes His universal dominion. Romans 14:9 states, 'For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living,' reinforcing His role as Sovereign over all humanity. The biblical narrative does not present a version of Jesus that is only a potential savior; rather, He is declared Lord by divine decree. This understanding of Christ as Lord is foundational to recognizing His authority and sovereignty over our lives.

Q: Why is the concept of divine sovereignty important for Christians?

Divine sovereignty assures Christians that God is in control of all things and that His will prevails. The concept of divine sovereignty is crucial within Reformed theology and provides comfort and assurance to believers. It reflects the biblical truth that God is sovereign over all creation, working all things according to the counsel of His will (Ephesians 1:11). This means that nothing occurs outside of His control; even in trials and suffering, God's purpose is at work for our good and His glory (Romans 8:28). Understanding God's sovereignty frees us from anxiety, knowing that He governs our lives with purpose and precision, and reminds us of our reliance on Him for salvation and sanctification, as He is the One who grants faith and repentance.

Q: How should one approach God for mercy according to the Bible?

One should approach God humbly, recognizing His lordship and seeking mercy with a repentant heart. Approaching God for mercy requires humility and recognition of our sinful state. The leper in Matthew 8 exemplifies this approach as he kneels before Jesus and acknowledges His authority, saying, 'Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.' This statement is a profound recognition that it is within God's sovereign will to grant mercy. In Psalm 51:10, David pleads, 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me,' highlighting the necessity of coming to God with genuine repentance and desire for cleansing. The combination of humility and recognition of God's power is essential in approaching Him for mercy and grace.

Matthew 8, and when he was come down from
the mountain, what mountain is this? Back three chapters, chapter
5, it says, seeing the multitudes,
he went up into a mountain. And when he was set, his disciples
came unto him, and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Sermon on the Mount, these past three chapters, our Lord preaching
that powerful, special, recorded Sermon on the Mount. Verse 1, when he was come down
from that mountain, great multitudes followed him. And behold, lo,
there came a leper. What's unusual about this? Well,
it's most unusual that a leper would be in the multitude, because
they were by law forbidden to contact people there. They were
contagious, they were unclean, and they were instructed to stay
away from people. not come around people. But he
came, this leopard came. It's unusual that he should be
in the multitude, and unusual he would approach the Lord. Actually
walk up to him, approach him. And Mark says he kneeled down
before him. And Luke says he fell on his
face before the Lord. And here Matthew says he worshiped
him. And Jesus put forth his hand
and touched him. No one else would not touch a
leper, not under any circumstances. Our Lord reached out his hand
and touched him, saying, I will be thou clean. He not only touched
him, but he made him clean. No one else would touch him,
and no one else could cleanse him, but the Lord touched him.
and made him clean. Be thou clean. I'm not sure that
the number of times that a truth appears in the scripture determines
its importance, but three of the New Testament writers, Matthew,
Mark, and Luke, have recorded this incident. It occupies a
most prominent, important place in the scripture, three times.
But I will say this, and this is the foundation and purpose
of my message. I will say that the manner and
attitude in which this man came to Christ, and the attitude and
manner in which this man approached the Lord, that's an example to
everyone, to all people. who would seek his grace, or
seek his mercy, or come to him for whatever reason, to come
like this man came. There's a scripture over in Genesis
chapter 18 about how Abraham approached the Lord in prayer.
This is most interesting. You remember the Lord told Abraham
that he was going to destroy Sodom. And Abraham prayed for
that city, because his nephew Lot lived down there. And verse
23 says, Genesis 18.23, Abraham drew near and said, Lord, wilt
thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? He's interceding
for Lot here now and his family, his daughters and his wife. there
be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou also destroy
and not spare the place for fifty righteous people that are therein?
Would you spare it for fifty people that are righteous? 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?' And the Lord said, If I found in Sodom fifty righteous
people within the city, I'll spare that place for their sake.
Now listen to Abraham. And Abraham answered, Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am
but dust and ashes. That's the way I come. Dust and
ashes. And down in verse 30, he's still
pleading. Listen to verse 30. Oh, let not
the Lord be angry, and I'll speak again. Down here in verse 32,
Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I'll speak yet just one more
time. Would you let me speak one more
time, Lord, without blotting me out? That's the attitude. That's the attitude in which
a man approaches the Lord. There are four words in this
text I want us to look at for a few moments. Four words will
supply the answer how this man approached the Savior so as to
be received. When he came down from the mountain,
a leper, a diseased, dying leper approached him and kneeled down,
fell on his face. One writer said, kneel down,
and another said, worship. Lord, if you will, you can make
me clean. Touched him. I will. I want to
find out about this, don't you, how he approached the Lord. Here's
the first word in Matthew's account. He worshipped. My friends, God
is to be worshiped. The scripture says, O come, let
us worship, let us bow down, let us kneel before the Lord
our Maker, he's God. Let's worship. It matters not
who you are. It matters not what your condition.
It matters not your age or the color of your skin. or your nationality
or your religion, the Lord is in his holy temple, let all the
earth worship him. Worship God. They say Christians
ought to worship God. Everybody ought to worship God.
That's right. Everybody. If you would approach
God for any reason, here's where you start. Fall down on your
face and worship him. Old Job stripped of all that
he owned, bereaved of his children, broken in hell, deserted by his
friends. Scripture said, fall down on
the ground and worship God. And he said, the Lord gave and
the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
That's the way to approach God. Abraham, this is so touching. Abraham had journeyed three days.
under the silence of heaven, under the silence of God, taking
his son to that Mount Moriah where he was supposed to quarter
him and burn his body as a sin-offering to God. And he came to that mountain
confused, I know, battling his fears and his trials, not knowing the reason
for such a command. God had never said another word
to him. Not knowing the reason, and he turned to the waiting
servants and he said, you men, you men stay here with the animals.
Isaac and I are going up on this mountain and what? Worship God. We're going to worship
God. So it doesn't matter how far
down you are, how far up you are, how big you are, how small
you are, whoever you are, let all the earth worship him. Worship
God. If you would approach God, fall
down and worship. There's no room for argument
before the throne. There's no room for argument,
there's no room for debate. There's no room for despair either,
if you can come this way and worship him. I can't predict
your future, and I don't know what the future may hold for
you, but I know who holds the future. And I know he's to be
worshipped. And this man, that's the first
thing, he kneeled down and he worshipped in his leprosy. It
wasn't after he was cleansed that he kneeled down and worshipped,
it was before. It was when he was helpless, hopeless, dying
that he worshipped God. It was when he was on the outside. He had made no contact with Christ.
He knew nothing about healing and health. He worshipped God
in his state. That's what I'm saying. Worship
God. That's where you start. You worship
Him. He sends you to hell, worship
Him. That's right. If He saves you, worship Him.
If He doesn't, He's still God. That's right. He's still to be
worshipped. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Worship Him. There's no debate about that.
Let all the earth worship Him. Here's the second way. Behold,
a leper came to him, and worshipped him, and said, Lord, Lord, this
man recognized the absolute lordship, crown rights of Jesus Christ. Our Lord said to his disciples,
you call me Lord, and you say, well, so I am. Somebody says,
make Christ your Lord. You don't make Christ your Lord.
He is your Lord. He's every man's Lord. He's Lord
by God's decree, he's Lord by design, and he's Lord by death. For this cause and this reason,
Jesus Christ was crucified, buried, and risen, that he might be Lord
of the dead and the living. He's Lord. He's every man's Lord.
And this man came to him. He wasn't a member of the church,
he wasn't a saved man, he wasn't a cleansed man. He was a clipper.
He said, Lord, if you will, You can make me clean, because you're
Lord. You have all power. You have all authority. You can
make me clean. I'm in your hands. You're my Lord. But you aren't
a Christian. But Christ is still his Lord. The Bible knows nothing about
a Savior who's not Lord. The Bible knows nothing about
Beaumat, named Jesus. It knows something about one
who is Lord of Lords and King of Kings. It knows something
about the one who said, All things are delivered unto me of my Father.
And no man knows the Son, but the Father, neither knoweth any
man the Father, save the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal
him. He said to his disciples before
he sent them out to preach, he said, All authority is given
unto me in heaven and earth. All power is in my hands in heaven
and earth. Now you go preach the gospel.
Because all authority is in my hands. He said in John 17, too,
when he was praying to the Father, he said, Father, you have given
me power over all flesh. There's not any flesh that wiggles or writhes or moves over which
he doesn't have authority. All flesh, bird flesh. Not a sparrow falls to the ground
without your Father. Not animal flesh. It's his snow,
it's his ice, it's his wind, it's his lightning, and you're
his creature. We are his creatures, that's
what Scripture says. We didn't create ourselves, he
did, for his pleasure and for his purpose. All things, God
has given me power over all flesh. The hairs of your head are numbered.
The number of your days is set by whom? The number of your months
are with the Lord. You cannot pass. That's the scripture. You cannot pass. But I'll die
out, and I'll run, and I'll do this, that, and the other. You
cannot pass. By taking thought, you cannot
add one year to your life. Now you can make it a better
quality life while you hang around here, but he sets your number
of days. Nothing left to chance, fate,
or luck. Thou hast given me authority
over all flesh that I should give eternal life to as many
as you gave me. That's what the Lord said. He's
Lord. You don't make him Lord. He's declared to be Lord. See,
he was made flesh according to the seed of David. He's declared
to be the Son of God. You bow to him as your Lord,
but he's declared to be Lord. Romans 14, listen. Whether we
live, we live unto the Lord. Whether we die, we die unto the
Lord. Whether we live therefore or
whether we die, we're the Lord's, we're his. But to this end, he died on the
cross, rose again and ascended that he might be Lord of those
who are dead and those who are alive. He has crown rights. And
this man came to him and worshiped him. He didn't get a thing from
him. You talk about if the Lord dealt
like Naomi said the Lord had dealt, what did she say the Lord
had dealt? Ah, the Lord has dealt miserably
with me. What? Bitterly. The Lord has
dealt bitterly with me. That fellow could say that, couldn't
he? Oh, he's a leper. But he worshipped him. That's what he said. He worshipped
him. Called him Lord. Called him Lord. And people can
debate. They sit around debating on whether
they'll accept Jesus as their personal Savior. What you'd better
be concerned about is whether he'll accept you. That's what
you'd better be concerned about. And they sit around and debate
whether they're going to let him save them. And they may continue
to hold him in such low esteem, but everybody who's lost, everybody
who's a spiritual leper, everybody who knows he's a sinner, a helpless,
hopeless sinner, recognizes salvation is of the Lord. We recognize
that. He gives life. He quickens whom
he will. That's right. And he said, Lord, if you will,
make me clean. See, this is what the thief on
the cross is saying. He said to the other thief, he
looked around Christ to the other thief and said, don't you fear
God? Seeing we're in the same condemnation as God, this man's
God. Don't you fear God's sin? We're
in the same condemnation. What kind of condemnation? Dying
on the cross. Same condemnation. And he said, we're getting what
we deserve, you and I. We're getting what we deserve.
But this man, he's done nothing. He's perfect. He's done nothing
amiss. You can't say that about anybody
except him. He's done nothing amiss. You're not going to stay dead,
you're coming into a kingdom. That's what he said. Would you
think on me, be mindful of me, and remember me? I'm getting
what I deserve. I'm not alibiing, excusing. I ought to be hung here. But would you think on me? Today, you'll be with me in paradise. That old publican came to the
temple, and he wouldn't lift his eyes to heaven. He stood
afar off and smote on his breast, saying, God, let thy blood be
perpetuation for me on the mercy seat. Be merciful. He was a Jew. He knew the only way God could
be merciful is through the blood. Be merciful unto me, the sinner.
Christ said that man condemned himself, and God justified him. That's just so. And the other
man justified himself, and God condemned him. He worshipped
him, called him Lord. Out of the depths have I cried
unto thee, O Lord, hear my voice. Depths of despair and sin and
death. Third word, if you will, if you
will. This is a subject you get on
that agitates and aggravates and troubles most religious people. They are sitting around debating
the will, you know. The name of the Church is free
will. Free will. People talk about free moral
agents. There are just three things wrong with that. We are
not free. Our wills are bound by sin. We do what our wills can do,
will do. Our nature is bound by sin. We're not moral, and we sure
aren't agents. We haven't been assigned any
particular standing place, have we? Oh, my. The scriptures claim
plain regarding by whose will we're saved, and it's not by
ours, it's by his. This man had it right, as he
worshiped, and he said, Lord, if you will. It's not if I will.
I'll be willing in the day of your power, thy people shall
be willing in the day of thy power. It is given unto us not
only to do his will, but the will to do his will. Not only
to believe, but the will is given to us. That's right. In Exodus
33, the Lord said to Moses, I will be gracious to whom I will be
gracious. I will be merciful to whom I
will be merciful. John 5.21 says, the Son quickeneth
whom he will. As the Father hath power to give
life to the dead, the Son quickeneth whom he will. He said to Moses,
it's not of him that willeth, it's of God that shows mercy. In 2 Timothy 1, he said, let's
turn to 2 Timothy 1. In 2 Timothy 1, Paul said this,
he saved us. Verse 9, 2 Timothy 1. He saved
us, he called us with a holy calling. Not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose. His own will, his own
purpose and grace which was given us in Christ before the world
began. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth. With his own will he begat us. And didn't our Lord say in John
1, "'Tis many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God who were born, not of blood, not of natural
genealogy, not of the will of man, not of the will of the flesh,
but born of God.' Lord, if you will. If you will, you can. One hymn writer wrote this. This
is staggering. Listen, this applies to me and
you too. I may try, but I can't repent,
though I endeavor often. This stony heart just will not
relent till my soul, God, doth soften. I may try, but I can't
love. though pressed by love divine.
No argument has the power to move a heart as cold as mine. I may try, but I can't rest in
God's most holy will. I know he appoints what's best,
but I murmur at it still. Or would I but believe that all
would easily be? I should. But this I know, all
faith comes from thee. I'd give a shot if I could, but it's not in us. Dead men
don't walk, talk, or give themselves life. God
has to. And this leper, knowing his inability,
and knowing his unworthiness, and knowing his He came to Christ
and he said, Lord, if you will, if you will, you make me clean.
That's so, isn't it? Do you believe that? I don't
want to believe that. I know it. I know it. It takes the power of God to
make the Son of God a man. It takes the power of God to
make a man a Son of God. Now, you make him religious. You can change his habits, but
you can't change his heart. You can change his ways, but
you can't change his will. That's right. You can change his outward walk,
but you can't change his inward attitude. You can make him pray church, but
you can't make him worship God. You can make him get along with
his neighbor by promising him a reward, but you can't make
him love him. That's right. Only God can do that. Only God
can shed abroad his love in the heart of a sinner. So, Lord,
if you will, you can make me whole, clean, happy, restful,
peaceful, in love with thee, in love with others, with a broken,
renewed heart, if you will. And I'll show you that in Ephesians
chapter 1. Let's look over that, Ephesians chapter 1. I'm saying
this is the way, I'm a needy creature, you are too, this is
the way to approach God. Let's not come bringing our works
and deeds and vows and promises and these things. Come like this
man, worship him, where you are. Recognize his lordship, crown
rights. The Lord's delivered everything
into the hands of the Son. This is his kingdom now. It's
the kingdom of his dear Son. He'll get any work, he'll put
any whom he pleases. I'll be merciful to whom I will,'
he said. I'll be gracious to whom I will, but Lord, will you
be merciful to me if you will? I'd be awful glad if you will. Ephesians 1 says this, verse
3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heaven and places
in Christ, according as he chose us in him before the foundation
of the world. that we should be holy without
blame before him, and live, having predestinated us unto the adoption
of children by Jesus Christ himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will. Verse 11, in whom also we have
obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will. And the fourth word used here,
Matthew chapter 8, he worshiped the Lord, he recognized the crown
rites, lordship, kingship of Christ. He recognized that it's
not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth, it's of God
that shows mercy. Lord, if you will, you can make
me clean. Make me what? This man recognized his chief
need. This is our chief need. This man had other needs. He
needed food, clothing, and shelter. But that's not why he came to
the Lord. He wanted to be clean, because these other things weren't
of interest to him, until God made him clean. And that's what
we need. This is what David prayed for
in Psalm 51. Turn to Psalm 51. Psalm 51, this is what David
prayed for, to be clean. To be clean before God. Who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy presence?
He that's clean. He that hath clean hands. Clean
hands, pure heart. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
us from all sin. That's what we need. That's what we need. Down here in John 51, verse 4,
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Done this evil in thy
sight, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
and clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shaken in iniquity,
and sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, I desire truth in
the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou shalt make me
to know wisdom. So purge me with hyssop, and
I'll be clean. That's when he washed me and
I'll be whiter than snow. There's a law of first mention
in scripture. If you find out how something
is used the first time it's mentioned, like grace, Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord. That's what it means all the
way through the world. Unmerited favor, undeserved. The whole world was going to
be destroyed, but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. The first time it's used in the
Bible, it's used over in Exodus 12, and it tells Moses and the
people to slay the lamb, the sacrificial lamb, roast its body,
shed its blood, and take hyssop, that's a plant, a special plant,
don't you touch the blood, you dip hyssop in the blood and sprinkle
it on the doorpost. And when I see the blood, I'll
pass over you, cleansed by the blood. And that's where David
is praying, way over here. Purge me with hyssop. Sprinkle
the blood on me, the blood of Christ. Purify me through the
blood. Wash me in the blood. I'll be
whiter than snow. Purge me with hyssop and I'll
be whiter than the snow. And this man wants to be clean,
and that's what we want, we want to be clean. I'm going to give
you five things here that a fellow wrote a long, long time ago. An old writer who posed five
questions for those who expressed an interest in the mercy and
grace of the Redeemer, like this man here. And here are the five
things that he, the questions he posed to those who are approaching
Christ. You approach him in worship,
recognizing his Lordship, recognizing his purpose, his will for one
purpose, to be clean in his sight, to be accepted. Now here's the
five questions. I think you'll appreciate these
and maybe want to write them down. Are my desires for Christ
genuine? and sincere. A man cannot seek
him with a divided heart. He said you'll find me when you
seek me and search for me with all your heart. So that's the
first. This leper, my, that's a real
one. So is it genuine and sincere? My desire is for Christ's honor
unto him. He is God. He doesn't owe me
anything. He's not obligated to me. I can't
expect to be saved at the expense of his character. I can't belittle
my Lord and expect him to show mercy. So I say, Lord, if you
will, you're God. And my salvation and cleansing
has got to bring honor to you. glory to you, not to anybody
else. Honoring to Christ. Thirdly,
are my desires for Christ permanent, or is this a fit of emotion? Somebody died and I got scared, or a fit of passion, or a passing
fancy, or a fad. Are my desires for Christ permanent? Like Jacob said, I won't let
you go until you bless me. I'm here to stay. I won't let
you go. And Paul said, I count all things
but dumb that I may win Christ and be found in him. Everything
else, if it's got to go, it's got to go. But I'm here to call
on him, and I'm here to stay till he answers. And fourthly, do my desires for
Christ lead me to seek him where he is found? This man came to
where Christ was and fell at his feet. Where is Christ? He's
in his Word. Like I said a while ago, this
is where men have always come, to the Word. He is revealed in
the Word. That's where Christ is revealed.
Christ is in his Word. Of his own will begat he us with
the word. Faith comes by hearing, hearing
by the word. How can he hear without a preacher? 1 Peter 1.23 says this, that we're
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible seed
by the word of God. I go where Christ is. I seek
him where he is. He's in his word. He's among
his people. Ruth said to Naomi, where you
go, I go. Your people are my people. Your
God, my God. And where you die, I die. Where
you bury, that's where I lie. Do my desires for Christ lead
me to seek him where he's found, where he is? Don't wait till somebody brings you a special
treat or experience. You go where he is. You seek
him where he's found. He came down from the mountain,
and behold, a leper came to him and kneeled. And fifthly, will
my desires for Christ know no rest until I can rest in him? And this man came, and the Lord
touched him. I will be thy claim. And he got
up, and I've got to bring this to you here, because I know you
read that fourth verse and wondered about it. And Jesus said to him,
don't tell anybody. You know good and well he's going
to tell somebody. But now here's the thing. He's
on his way to Jerusalem, this leper, because he's under the
law. See, Christ, our Lord, had not
died. The ceremonial law was not abolished. And our Lord Jesus Christ was
subject to that very same law on our behalf. He said, I didn't
come to destroy the law, I came to fulfill it. So the ceremonial
law, according to the law, when a leper was cleansed, when a
leper felt like he was clean, one thing he's to do before anything
else, before he says anything to anybody or visits anybody
or has any contact with anybody, he's supposed to go right to
the priest. So the priest can examine him and pronounce him
clean. And that's what our Lord is saying
to him here. So don't you talk to anybody, don't you mess around
anywhere, you go to the priest according to the law. According
to the law, you go to the priest. You show yourself and the priest
examines him, and then he's got an offering to make. Look at
this, show yourself to the priest and you offer the gift. Well,
the Lord made him clean. God does things in order, I'm
telling you, and you're going to study the Old Testament if
you don't understand the New. Our Lord died for our sins according
to the scriptures. He was buried and rose again
according to the scriptures. And this law was given, he came to
fulfill it, and he told this man, he said, You go to the priest,
don't you talk to anybody, you go to the priest and he'll examine
you, he'll pronounce you clean, and you go offer, they had to
offer first of all an offering on the first day they were cleansed,
and another on the eighth day that they were cleansed. They
had to offer an offering. Now that's done away with because
Christ has fulfilled it all. He's our righteousness, fulfilled
it. But then he said, Show yourself
to the priests for a testimony to them that Christ
is the Messiah, that Christ is the Son of God, and Christ is
the Son of God with power, and he sent me here to you. So as
clear proof, he does not oppose the law, he does not deny the
law. He does not destroy the law,
he fulfills the law. You priest ought to know that.
See, he's the testimony. The word of God is beautiful. Don't fall for this stuff going
on today. Don't fall for this. Preachers
don't even preach the Bible, except they read a verse to prove
what they're trying to say. They don't go verse by verse
and teach the word of God. And if you read that next few
verses, when this Gentile came to him, whose servant was sick,
and the Lord said, I'll come heal him, he said, oh, you know,
I'm not worthy. I'm a Gentile. I'm a Roman. I'm
a soldier. I'm not worthy for you to come
under my roof. You're Lord. You have all authority. You don't
have to come down there and touch him. You just say the word. You'll
be healed. You just say the word, that's
recognizing he is the Lord. If you will, you can hear him,
hear the holy voice, just say the word. I know what it means
to tell somebody to do something, they do it. You can tell a Jew
to get out and he gets out. You can tell a sinner to come,
he comes. You can tell a dead man to rise, he rises, you're
the Lord. The Lord Jesus said, I haven't run into faith like
this among these Jews. He said, you go home, your servant's
alive. Can you do that? Can I do that? Can I know who
he is? Worship him, Lord. I've got a lot of needs. If you're
willing, you can sure meet them. But I'm not going out here and
tell folks, it's up to you. God's done all he can do. Now
it's up to you. That's no God. That's no hope. That's no help.
I'm going to tell them, if you want to seek the Lord, want to
be saved or cleansed, Hit the dust in his presence. Worship him. Acknowledge who
he is. Acknowledge that you're in his
hands, he's not in yours. Old Pilate said, I don't you
know I got the power to crucify you and let you go? He said,
you have no power over me at all except it's given to you
by him. And I say that to everybody in this whole tri-state area.
You got no power. He has it all. He is really Lord. I know they got these banners
up here, Jesus is Lord. He really is. He really is.

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