I have a verse of scripture found
in the book of Psalms, Psalm 115, verse 2. I'd like to share
this with you, and I would like very much if you'd open your
Bibles to this scripture. Psalm 115, verse 2. Let's read verse 2 and 3. Now,
here's my subject today. It's a question. Where is your
God? Where is your God? And David wrote in Psalm 115
verse 2, Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is your God? But our God is in the heavens.
He hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Now this is not the
first nor the only time that this question is asked in the
Word of God. This question, where is your
God? Job, in the midst of darkness
and suffering, sorrow and trial, asked this question. He said,
Oh, that I might know where I might find him. Oh, that I might know
where I can find him. That I might come even to his
throne and plead my cause before him. And then David, before he
became king of Israel, while he was fleeing from Saul, from
King Saul, hiding among the caves, wrote these words, As with a
sword in my bones my enemies reproach me, and daily say unto
me, Where is your God? Where is your God? And then Elisha, when the prophet
Elijah had been taken up into heaven, in a chariot of fire,
standing alone on the banks of the Jordan River, took the cloak
of Elijah, and smote the Jordan, crying, Where is the Lord God
of Elijah? And here in our text, in Psalm
115, the idolaters said to David, Our gods are where we put them.
Our gods or what we make them. Our gods do what we allow them
to do. They are the work of our hands.
David, where is your God? Where is your God? And David replied, Our God is
in the heavens, and he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. And
then in Psalm 135 he says practically the same thing. He said, Our
God is in the heavens, and whatsoever the Lord pleased. That did He
in heaven, in the earth, in the seas, and in all deep places. This is my title for the message
today, Where is Your God? Now let me answer the question
as if it were asked of me. If you were asking me, where
is your God, preacher? Brother May, and where is your
God? Well, I reply, first of all,
with David. Our God is in the heavens. And
when I say that our God is in the heavens, I'm speaking of
his majesty. I'm speaking of his sovereignty. Isaiah said in the sixth chapter
of Isaiah, I saw the Lord high and lifted up, seated on a throne. And his train filled the temple,
or his glory filled the temple. Our God is in the heavens, and
being in the heavens, he doeth according to his will in the
armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of this earth. The
Lord reigneth. Let all the earth rejoice. The Lord is in the heavens, and
thou art upon earth. Let thy words be few. Being God
of the heavens, He is sovereign in creation, He is sovereign
in providence, and He is sovereign in salvation. He doeth according
to His will, and whatsoever pleases Him, not only in heaven, but
in the earth, and in the seas, and in all deep places. Where
is my God? He's in the heavens. And being
in the heavens, He's an almighty, sovereign, majestic, God. And then secondly, our God is
in the heavens, speaks of His omnipresence. Our God is everywhere. David, writing in Psalm 139,
said this, Whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I take
the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea, even there shalt thou hand lead me. If I ascend
into heaven, thou art there. If I make my bed in the grave,
thou art there. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
beholding the evil and the good. Our God is omnipresent. David
said, I want to build a house for the Lord. And the Lord said,
shall the Lord of heaven dwell in a house made with hands? Even
the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, and the earth is
his footstool. Our God is in the heavens. He
is omnipotent, almighty, and sovereign. Our God is in the
heavens. He is omnipresent. He is everywhere. Our God is in the heavens. This
speaks of His holiness. One attribute of Almighty God,
which is prominent in every attribute of God, is His holiness. His love is a holy love. His mercy is a holy mercy. His grace is a holy grace. His justice is a holy justice. His wrath is a holy wrath. His righteousness is a holy righteousness. So the primary attribute of God,
the primary characteristic of God is His holiness. Our God is in the heavens. He
is holy. Holy, holy, holy. Lord God of
hosts. That's what the Seraphim said.
The Lord is in his holy temple. And we read of his holy angels. We read of his holy word. We
read of his holy spirit. We read of his tabernacle, which
is the holy of holies. And when the priest went into
the holy of holies to make the atonement once a year, he wore
a mitre which said holiness to the Lord. So where is my God? My God is in the heavens. And
being in the heavens, He is a sovereign God, omnipotent. He hath all
authority and all power over all creation. And not only is
He omnipotent, but He's omniscient. Whither shall I flee from His
presence? If I ascend into heaven, He's
there. If I make my bed in the grave, He is there. If I take
the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea, even there shall his hand hold me." He's omnipresent. And our God is holy. The Lord God is holy. All right? Second answer to that
question, where is your God? My God is in the Scriptures.
In Acts 10.43, the Scripture says this, "...to him." To him. give all the prophets witness. This Bible is the Word of God. All scripture is given by inspiration
of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness. Holy men of old spake as they
were moved by the Holy Spirit to write the Word of God. Our
Lord Jesus Christ said, Moses wrote of me. Our God is not only
in the heavens, but our God is in the Scriptures. From the opening
words of Genesis 1, 1, in the beginning God, in the beginning
God, to the closing words of Revelation 22, 19, or 22, 21,
the Scripture said, There even so come Lord Jesus. And all the
way from that first verse, in the beginning God, to the last
verse, even so come Lord Jesus, It is His Word, His Word of His
mighty works, His Word concerning His eternal glory revealed in
the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you take the Bible and compress
it until you get the heart of it, and the substance of it,
and the essence of it, you'll have one word, Jehovah. Jehovah,
Savior God, a just God and a Savior. He is what the Bible's all about. The Bible is a hymn book, H-I-M. It's about him. In Genesis, you'll
find him there as the woman's seed. In Exodus, you'll find
him as the Passover lamb. In Leviticus, he is our atonement. I have given you the blood upon
the altar to make an atonement for your soul. In Numbers, he's
the brazen serpent. which Moses lifted up. In Deuteronomy,
he's the cities of refuge. In Joshua, he's Rahab's scarlet
line. In Judges, he's the angel of
the Lord. In Ruth, he's our kinsman redeemer. In Job, he's thy redeemer and
my ransom. In the book of Psalms, he's my
shepherd. In Proverbs, he's the wisdom
of God. In Song of Solomon, he's the
bridegroom. In the book of Isaiah, he's the
substitute. In Jeremiah, he's the branch,
the Lord our righteousness. In Ezekiel, he's the glory of
the Lord. In Daniel, he's the beloved.
In Hosea, he's the forgiving lover. In Jonah, he is the sovereign
deliverer. Salvation is of the Lord. In
Micah, he's Bethlehem's infant. In Habakkuk, he's the faithful
one. In Haggai, he's the desire of
all nations, and in Zechariah, he's the foundation stone. Where
is my God? He's in the Word. It's called
the Word of God. Christ is the incarnate Word,
the Scriptures are the written Word, and the living Word. And if you would see the Lord
God in His glorious character, if you would understand His redemptive
purposes, you must go to the Word of God. You must believe
the Word of God because our God is in the Word. All right, the
third answer I would give, if you ask me, where is your God?
Where is your God? He's in the heavens, omnipotent,
almighty, omnipresent, and holy. Where is your God? He's in the
Scriptures. In the Scriptures, He reveals
Himself. In the Scriptures, He reveals His grace and mercy and
love in Christ Jesus. Where is your God? Our God was
in the world. Now listen to me. John 1.1 says
this, In the beginning was the Word. In beginning, the word
thee can just be left out there. In beginning was the capital,
W-O-R-D, Word. And the Word was with God and
the Word was God. The same was in the beginning
with God. And all things were made by Him, and without Him
was not anything made that was made. And the Word, the Word
of God, who was with God, who was God, by whom all things were
made, the Word became flesh, became flesh, and dwelt among
us. John 1, 6 says, He was in this
world, He, who we're talking about. Same one we're talking
about in verse 1, the Word of God, who was God and with God
and by whom all things were made. He was actually in reality in
this world. The Word, the Son of God, the
Second Person of the Blessed Trinity was made flesh and dwelt
among us and we actually beheld His glory. Beheld His glory. John said, I saw Him and I heard
Him and my hands touched Him. Who is Jesus Christ? Who is Jesus
of Nazareth? Who is this man called Jesus? He's God. He's God. He's the God I'm talking about
who is in the heavens. And He never left the heavens,
and yet He came to this earth. He is the only begotten who's
in the bosom of the Father. He never ceased to be God, and
yet He became a man. Thou shalt call His name Jesus,
Emmanuel. God with us. Isaiah said, unto
us a child is born, a son is given, and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. Unto the Son, he said, thy throne,
O God, is forever. Yes, God was actually in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself. And when the disciples asked
him to show them the Father, he said, you're looking at him.
He that has seen me has seen the Father. Who is Jesus of Nazareth? He is God Almighty. Where is
your God? Believe it or not, walking on
this earth, clothed in human flesh, bone of our bone, flesh
of our flesh, numbered with the transgressors, a man of sorrows
acquainted with grief, despised and rejected of men. Where is
your God? In the world. What did this Jesus
Christ do, this Son of God? He came into the world. He came
into the world. He actually robed Himself in
human flesh. What am I saying? I'm saying
He who made the world was actually in the world. Men find this hard
to believe. In fact, impossibly, apart from
divine revelation. He who made the world was in
the world. He who made woman was made of
a woman. He who walks upon clouds now
walks upon the sand. He became actually a human being
in such a way that he never ceased to be God, and yet he was a perfect
man. Where is your God in the world?
Well, why did he do this? Why did he come into this world?
Well, Paul said in 1 Timothy, this is a faithful saying. And
it's worthy of acceptation by all men that Jesus Christ came
into this world to save sinners. Why did He do all this? To save
sinners, of whom I am the chief. Luke 19.10, the Lord Jesus said
Himself, the Son of Man is come into the world to save sinners,
to seek and to save that which was lost. You see, the first
Adam, is of the earth, earthy. And through him we fell, by him
we fell. And through him sin and death
passed upon all men. The second Adam, second man,
is the Lord from heaven. And as we are born in the image
of the earthy, we shall bear the image of the heavenly. And
as by one man sin came into the world, and by his disobedience
we were made sinners, and death came by that man, so life came
by this man Jesus Christ. Hebrews 2.17 says this, Wherefore
in all things it behooved him, or was necessary for him to be
made like unto his brethren. He had to be made just like we
were, made of a woman, made under the law, born under the law,
that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things
pertaining to God. to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people. Where is your God? He was actually
on this earth. God who is omnipotent, omniscient,
and omnipresent, God who made all things, God in whom everything
lives and moves and has its being, God by whom all things consist,
was in this world. Jesus of Nazareth is God. And
why did He do this? To redeem a people from their
sins. All right, where is your God?
He's in the world, but He's on a cross. He's on a cross. He is in this world in human
flesh, made of a woman, made under the law that by perfect
obedience, in every jot and tittle of God's law, He might for every
believer accomplish a perfect righteousness. Did you hear what
I said? Jesus Christ came into this world not just to set an
example. He didn't come here just to show
us how to live and how to behave, although He is our example. But
He came into this world because back before the foundation of
the world, God determined to save a people. The Lord God of
heaven determined to have a new earth and a new heaven wherein
dwelleth righteousness, and to populate that new heaven and
new earth with a people. of people like his son, a perfect
holy people. And he chose those people out
of this fallen race. And in order to still be God,
in order to honor his law and his justice, which he must do
and be God, he sent his son down here in the likeness of sinful
flesh. And he lived on this earth under
every requirement of God's holy law and kept it perfectly. But
then he went to the cross. Isaiah said he went there as
a substitute. He went there in our stead and
in our place. For Isaiah said he was wounded
for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities.
The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes
we're healed. He went to the cross as our substitute,
cursed of the law, guilty before God's justice, in order that
our sins and iniquities might be paid in full. He took upon
Himself our sins. He actually bore our sins in
His body on the tree. And there the justice of God
was fully satisfied in the death of the Son of God. The infinite,
eternal Son of God, by one offering, hath perfected forever them that
are sanctified. For Jesus paid it all, all the
debt I owe, Sin left a crimson stain, but He washed it, white
as snow. He blotted out our sins. He purged
our sins, by Himself purged our sins. He took all the judgment
and wrath of God on our behalf. And our records are clear because
Christ paid the debt. He died that God may be just
and the justifier of all who believe in Christ. Where is your
God? In the world, on the cross, And then as our scapegoat in
the tomb, he bore our sins to the tree and paid the debt. And
then he was laid in a tomb. He was buried. Our Lord actually
died. In reality, he died. His body
rested in a tomb. And then he arose. And because
he lives, we live. You see, his resurrection reveals
this, that all the work that he did, that he took upon himself
to perform, and he did as a surety. You see, this person and work
of Christ is no sudden decision. It's not something God in panic
put together when man fell. But before the world was ever
created, he was the Lamb slain. All of this was ordered of the
Lord and purposed of the Lord and planned of the Lord before
the world began. The book of life was written
before the foundation of the world. Christ was our surety
of an eternal covenant. His blood was the blood of an
everlasting covenant. And the Lord Jesus Christ came
down here fulfilling that office. Prophet, priest, king, surety,
redeemer, Christ, Messiah, all of that office. And he accomplished
it. The last work was the death on
the cross. And when he was put in a tomb
and lay there three days, And then on the third day he arose,
and by that resurrection, being raised by the Spirit of God and
by the power of God, God is declaring this, that all that he took upon
himself to perform and all the work he took upon himself to
accomplish was complete. And not only complete, but accepted
of the Father. If the Father had not accepted
the Son's work, If the father had not accepted the son's righteousness,
if the father had not accepted the son's satisfactory death,
he'd still be in that tomb. But he arose. And his resurrection
reveals that he is all that he said he is. You see, all of the
religions of this world have a Messiah. The Buddhists have
a messiah called Buddha, the Confucius have a messiah called
Confucius, and Mohammedans have a messiah called Mohammed. All
of these are messiahs, leaders of religion, but they're all
in the tomb. You can visit the grave of Buddha,
Confucius, Mohammed, you can visit the grave of any great
religious, so-called great religious leader, but there's no need to
go to the tomb of Christ. One morning some women came to
that tomb and an angel met them outside and said, Why do you
seek the living among the dead? He's not here. He's a living
Lord. He's a risen Lord. He's a triumphant
Lord. He's a victorious Lord. His resurrection
says that all He came to do is done. And His resurrection is
our resurrection. He said, because I live, you
shall live. You shall live. Where is our
God? He was on this earth in human
flesh. He was on that cross, outside
the walls of Jerusalem. He was in that tomb, but he's
risen. Well, where is your God now,
preacher? He is seated at the right hand of the Majesty on
high. That's what the Scripture says.
He arose and He's seated at the right hand of the Majesty on
high. And Almighty God, the Heavenly
Father, says, let all the angels of God worship Him. He said,
Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Paul said in Romans 8, 34, Who
is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea,
rather, who is risen again, who is even at the right hand of
God, who also maketh intercession for us. My friends, God is still
God, holy, omnipotent, almighty. God is still God. He's an unchanging
God. He's unchanging in His holiness,
unchanging in His justice. And unfortunately, we're still
people. We're still human beings. We're
still men. And we're still sinners. And
that God in His immaculate, infinite holiness cannot look upon us
and receive us and love us in this sinful state. We need a
substitute. We need an intercessor. We need
a mediator. We need someone to pray for us.
We need someone to enter the Holy of Holies. We need someone
to put an atonement on the mercy seat. And that's someone's Christ.
And He ever liveth to make intercession for us. And all of His work is
in agreement and conformity. Those He prays for now, He prayed
for on earth. Those He prayed for on earth,
He prayed for in the eternity past. Those He died for, and
for whom his blood was shed. He died for them in time, and
he was their Lamb slain before the world began. He's a sufficient
Savior. Where is your God? He's coming
again. He's coming again. He said, I
go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that
where I am there ye may be also. Those angels stood that day,
After he had ascended to heaven and said to the disciples, this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so
come in like manner as you've seen him go." My message today,
Where Is Your God?, is on a cassette tape. Along with this message
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