Sunday February 27, 2022 Live Stream. "The Silent Sovereignty Of God" Esther 9:a Reference #022722A

so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so do [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] bye [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] so [Music] so so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] amen good morning i will bless the lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mind this is the day that the lord has made we who are god's children or to rejoice and be glad in it welcome to all of you who have joined us on our uh online platforms or our social media platforms thank you for being a part of our worship this morning our brothers will come now and lead us in our devotional time good morning this morning devotional will be taken from philippians chapter four starting at verse number four here are these words rejoice in the lord always and again i say rejoice let your moderation be known on to all men the lord is at hand be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to god and the peace of god which passed all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through christ jesus may the lord bless the reading of his holy word o heavenly father it's to jesus christ our lord and savior we come before thee once again just saying thank you thank you for allowing us the privilege and the opportunity to come into your presence and worship and praise your holy and righteous name father god is just something about your sanctuary father we think that your sanctuary is the most holiest place on earth so for you to give us access to come here it's really a privilege so this morning father we we have a sense of gratitude we're so grateful that week in and week out you allow us to come here and worship and praise your name thank you so much father father we know that we should worship you in spirit and in truth so father we have to confess that we've sinned and we've come short please forgive us of our sins father we're not boasting that we're sin sinning we're just repenting that we sin so have mercy on us father god you told us that we could come boldly before your throne of grace that we might obtain mercy and grace in the time of need right now we need you more than ever father god our people are being persecuted and executed for no reason except for the color of their skin father god we want our children to be able to grow up and have long and productive lives too so have mercy on us father have mercy on the elderly amongst us give them your peace that they might be able to enjoy their golden years without being afraid father god we know you're able because you're able to do anything exceedingly abundantly above all we can even ask our thing so we asking you today father god have mercy on us you proved it over and over that you're able so please continue to watch over us and please continue to watch over our pastor please continue to keep him safe because he rightly divides your word of truth week in and week out not only does he divide it for us but he explains it to us that we're able to understand it and apply to our lives we're being transformed about because of his preaching so please keep him safe please keep reverend washington saved reverend thomas and all the other ministers that are on the roster and for my brothers and sisters that are gathered here father god somebody is sick and they just can't give well but we know that you're a healer father somebody's bereaved they've lost loved ones but we know that you're a comforter and then there's others that just can't pay their bills they don't know where their next bill is coming from but we know that you're a provider jesus you're the answer to everything we need so we depend on you we come to you always and you've never let us down but father we come in anticipation to hear a word from you so please speak to us through the preaching of the gospel but when we leave this place when we go down from this place we'll go down and tell this dying world that jesus christ is still mighty to save and if we have to we'll use words it's always in jesus name and for his sake amen [Music] good morning i'd like to open with a medley of older devotional songs starting with guide my feet lord while i run this race followed by i woke up this morning with my mind closing with glory glory hallelujah hide my feet while i run this rain is is is is singing and praying oh oh oh oh me [Music] we are indeed living in some perilous times there are wars and rumors of wars i saw on the news this morning that the suicide rate is 51 for young people below the age of 18 because of pandemic concerns and they're not being able to socialize with their friends and this situation that's going on overseas in europe about to bring us to the brink of world war iii except the lord keep the house the watchman awakened but in vain [Music] except the lord keep the city if it had not been the psalmist said for the lord who was on our side our enemies would have swallowed us up but you're here this morning not because you've been dieting and exercising it's not because you've been keeping your doctor's appointments and eating right it's the grace of god the goodness and the mercy of god to bring us to this hour a whole lot about life we don't know we'll never be able to get our arms around it but farther along we'll know all about it father alone will understand why god is in control that's that's what helps me to sleep at night god is in control you don't have to worry about what tomorrow is going to bring if you know who he's going to bring tomorrow he's able the scripture says to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can even ask or think whatever you need today god can supply it never be too proud to pray and ask god for your needs for he's able to supply every need according to his riches in glory through christ jesus [Music] tempted and tried we are off made to one tempted and tried to offer me to wonder why it should be this [Music] living all the time [Music] i'm gonna say it like you mean it father alone cheer up we'll understand [Music] come on let's say it again father-in-law from here [Music] cheer up my brother we'll understand [Music] let us pray eternal god our father we want to say thank you again for waking us up this morning this morning when our heart activated and our head aren't activated and our hands activated we realize you had done it again you'd given us a day we did not deserve thank you lord that yesterday was not our last day we're grateful today lord because you're still showing us kindness goodness and mercy and for that we want to say thank you lord we want to say thank you for another safe trip to the sanctuary thank you for the gathering of men and women boys and girls the gathering of the elderly and the young who come to this place together and collectively and most of us are here because we want to we want to testify to your goodness most of us have gathered here today lord because we want to hear your word we've gathered here today to be a witness that you still live and that you still move and you still have your way god thank you for having your way in our lives many of us when we wanted to go left somehow we found ourselves going right because we realized that you're a sovereign god and you always have your way we thank you god for for getting us through crisis after crisis and seasons after season we thank you today for the for the power of your spirit and then thank you lord for a never-ending goodness toward us your mercy never fails and so today lord god if this is our last trip if this is our last chance we want the record to be clear you made a difference in my life you made a difference in our home you made a difference for all of us and so today lord we say thank you we can't claim to know your your way you have some unusual ways but the sum of your unusual ways is that you have some extraordinary goodness good grace for all of us you bless us in so many different ways you you you touch us when we're sick you feed us when we hover you clothed us when we were naked you've given us strength when we were weep you've forgiven us when we've been wrong we thank you right now what a wonderful god we serve god we can't help but testify to that great work that you did some two thousand years ago you sent your darling son jesus christ to dial the cross for the sins of man he was beaten he was persecuted but that's not all he hung till he died they put him in a grave and covered him with a stone and he stayed in the dark in the grave and hades all night long friday and saturday but the report the christian report the biblical report is he got up early on sunday morning with all power in his hands thank you for resurrecting power but thank you that resurrected power is transferred power that anyone who who call in the name of jesus christ whoever while is in the blood of the lamb we get saved we get clear as we get renewed we thank you today so lord accept our worship today forgive us for our sins wash our our thoughts and our minds and our tongues and our hands so we can worship right we don't want to leave this place the same way we came but we don't want to be selfish there are other churches and other gatherings where people need your grace there's somebody here today who who needs to hear your voice they've never heard it before speak to them today and then lord there are crises that are that are worse than finding a seed in the sanctuary they're crisis that are larger than a parking spot they are a crisis larger thing than getting gas money in the morning but but lord you're the guard over everything you rule the winds and the in the rains you can control an army and and military campaigns you can do anything [Music] so have your way today have your way today coming in today lord somebody needs you in the in the language of our ancestors oh lord stop by heal lord somebody's praying lord kumbaya somebody needs you today lord kumbaya someone's praying kumbaya we need you today but you will god for our ancestors and you god for us today so we thank you today hear our prayers and then bless the man of god as he stands to proclaim the gospel unsearchable riches of your word we here lord speak to us and have your way and we'll be so very careful to leave this place bless in your name it's in jesus mighty name we pray amen amen and amen [Music] so [Music] [Music] father open our eyes [Music] that we see [Music] to follow the lord and grant us thy loving peace [Music] [Music] and let her each day increased [Music] and mastered please open our eyes lord mountains us children come on and mountains he has given us oh oh [Music] compassion smile down on your helpless children come on down come on god [Music] amen open your bibles with me to esther at chapter 9. this is the last sermon in our series of sermons the silent sovereignty of god i'm really going to miss esther but we are at chapter 9 and chapter 10 but i will just read verse 1 of chapter 9. now in the 12th month that is the month adar on the 13th day of the same when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the jews hoped to have power over them though it was turned to the contrary that the jews had rule over them that hated them thank you you may be seated the grass withers and the flower fades with the word of our god shall stand forever have you ever really wanted to watch a good movie and you've been thinking about it all day you heard about it people been talking about it at your job or at the beauty shop or at the nail shop and you got home and got comfortable put your comfortable television watching clothes on got all your snacks and everything ready to watch the movie and somebody calls and tell you how it ends or you want to watch a football or baseball game you didn't want to hear the scores you kept the television off you didn't listen to the radio you want to watch it play by play because it's not it's different from somebody telling you what happened and you seeing it for yourself and then you sit down in front of your television with your sweats on and you're ready to watch the game with a nice false staff i don't guess they make that anymore but but whatever your adult beverage of choice is and somebody calls and tells you did you hear that pittsburgh won the game that's it that that that that ruins it for you but i don't want to ruin it for you this morning in verse number one i want you to read the entire uh chapter nine and the three verses in chapter 10 but spoiler alert in this one verse we already know how the story ends there's no suspense there's no drama there's no detailed descriptions the rest of the verses in chapter 9 and the three verses in chapter 10 modifies what happens in verse number one the most climactic day in the entire book of esther is in verse 1 of chapter 9. now in the 12th month that is the month adar on the 13th day of the same when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the jews hoped to have power over them though it was turned to the contrary that the jews had rule over them that hated them i want you to look at that word again though it was turned to the contrary that's what the king james says though it was turned to the contrary the god's word bible says the exact opposite happened the english standard version says the reverse occurred the berean study bible says then their plans were overturned the new american standard bible says it turned out to the contrary because our god is a god of the sacred plot twist circumstances might be going in one direction but god can turn the battle in your favor the situation may be going one way but just wait a minute god can turn it around and i want to tell somebody this morning who's about to quit you are just in the middle of your story god has not gotten you to the end of your story yet just wait and see what god is going to unfold if you have faith in his promises now listen the reason the author ends the story the way he does is because the end has never really been in question we don't always understand what god is doing we don't always know why he let certain things happen in the middle of our stories but esther reminds us that there is no suspense about how the story ends even when the path seems uncertain the end remains unchanged in the end god wins in the end god delivers his people and god always keeps his promises walk with me around the text haman has hung on the gallows that he set up for mordecai mordecai who we met in sackcloth and ashes in chapter 3 is now walking around in the king's robes in chapters 9 and 10. the ring that used to be on haman's hand is now on mordecai's hand and the edict that had been written to destroy and annihilate the jews there's another edict that is written to override the one written before signed with the ring that a hazarus has given to mordecai mordecai is second in command and king of hazard says to mordecai and esther right another decree that cannot be overturned and listen to me brothers and sisters when you trust god it may not always feel good but it is good it may not always look good but it is good all things i need three or four bible readers oh not some things all things work together for good to them that love god and to those who are the called according to his purpose god will work it out for you um god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people that's that's the first thing i want to look at god accomplishes his perfect plan [Music] through imperfect people now you remember in the beginning of these a series of sermons esther slept with the king before she became the queen because there was a beauty contest and 1469 women came into king of hazarus to spend a night with him for him to decide who was going to be his queen after he deposed queen vashti and esther and mordecai plot not to tell their true identity that was imperfection but god had a perfect plan and somebody's life like mine this morning is telling and testimony that god can hit a straight line with a crooked stick we have a treasure that's in an earthen vessel i need somebody who's trying to not not trying to act like you're so holy and you've always colored inside the lines and you've never gone contrary to the will of god you go back to sleep i'm talking to the folk in here this morning who know that if the lord had come in our sins we'd be dead and in our graves thank god for mercy he looked beyond my faults i'm not i'm i'm not talking about when you were in the world i'm talking about the sins you've committed since you've been a christian is there anybody here can help me testify that god's been good to me in spite of me god's been keeping me in spite of me [Applause] is of the lord's mercy that we are not consumed those mercies are new every morning [Music] [Applause] great it's god's faithfulness let me just throw this in here let me give you a little black history lesson you're being kept this morning by the prayers of people who are sleeping in their grave i i need a serious believer here this morning who knows that your mama prayed for you and she's in her grave and god is still making some things happen for you cause somebody prayed for you who's dead and gone god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people let me call the roll a minute abraham and sarah were imperfect people abraham lied [Music] and said sarah was his sister when she was really his wife but one night they went to bed barren and old and woke up the next morning pregnant and happy because god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people joseph with his little coat of many colors went to sleep one night a prisoner woke up the next morning a prince [Music] the red sea was uncrossable one night but an interstate highway the next night because god used a murderer named moses joshua must surround the walls of jericho six days and on the seventh day they shouted and the walls came tumbling down not because they were so good because joshua went before god and said are you for us or for our adversaries and god said i'm not i'm not here for you offer your adversaries i'm here as captain of the lord's hosts because god's perfect plans are accomplished through imperfect people david took another man's wife to bed that same man killed but the bible says he was a man after god's own heart because goliath was nine feet nine inches tall 450 pounds the size of his sword's head was the size of a weaver's beam his coat of brass weighed 125 pounds and for 40 days he came out to the valley of gas and hurled insults at the god of abraham isaac and jacob but david said who is this uncircumcised philistine [Applause] who dares to insult the god of abraham isaac and jacob goliath said am i a dog did you send this little boy out here to fight me you sent him to fight me goliath said you are you are a child you're a boy i'm gonna take your little body break it in half throw it in the air for the birds to eat david said today i'ma cut your head off and hold it up in the air and everybody will know that there's a god in israel he took five smooth stones not because he was afraid he would miss goliath but goliath had four other brothers just as big as he was so david failed goliath because god uses imperfect people to accomplish his perfect plan elijah was a cry baby whining talking about i'm the only one left but then he called the people of god to mount carmel and said how long haunt you between two opinions i wish i had a bible reader if god be god serve him if baal then serve him elijah calls down fire from heaven because god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people daniel couldn't fight but the lions lost their appetite and he lay on their back all night long and when the king darius got down there he said oh daniel has your god been able to deliver you and daniel shouts back at the king o king live forever god slept with me all night last night to keep the lions from destroying me god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people now if you're trying to do it right and you're trying to be proud of how good you are and and how precious is your voice and and you can't come to church because you can't sit by nobody and you got to be careful where you sit because these people are not as saved as you and you're so proud and arrogant and you quote scriptures all the time you answer your phone praise the lord and somebody asks you how you doing you're blessed and highly favored and you too blessed to be stressed you make me sick [Applause] i wish i was as spiritual as you i wish i was as holy as you but some days i don't look like a christian i don't act like a christian i don't sound like a christian but i'm a christian not because of how i look or how i sound or how i talk but because one friday jesus died for imperfect people what can wash away my sins nothing but the blood of jesus what can make me whole again nothing but the blood of jesus god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people mordecai and esther was the most unlikeliest of people but god looks at the heart while man looks at the outward appearance which is a perfect segue into the next thing i want to talk about in this same text god accomplishes his perfect plan through imperfect people secondly god is in charge of when where and what i don't miss this the 12th month the 13th day is the exact day nine months prior that haman had gone to his pagan gods to cast pure cast dice cast lots to see what day the jews would be annihilated and and the dice came up the lock came up the pure came up that they are going to die on the 13th day of the 12th month here it is the 13th day of the 12th month and instead of the jews dying the persians die 500 in the king's palace read it when you get home and then esther comes before the king and the king says what is it that you want whatever it is i will grant it she says i want tomorrow to look like today let us go back and meet our enemies tomorrow and may tomorrow be like today and the king granted esther's request and the next day 75 000 died god is in charge of when where and what let me let me see if i can make this make sense this war is not working out like vladimir putin plan he thought it would be over by now but but but these ukrainians are putting up a hell of a fight because it's not the size of the dog in the fight somebody don't help me [Applause] it's the size of the fight in the daw president biden called vladimir uh valencia zielinski the president of ukraine and asked him could he get he and his family out of the country because the united states wanted to give him safe passage to wherever he wanted to go if he wanted to come to america or wherever he wanted to go president biden says we are able to get you out and president zielinski said i don't need a ride i need ammunition [Applause] because there are some things worth fighting for i wish i had a witness in here this morning there are some things in life that's worth fighting for fight for your family fight for your son fight for your granddaughter fight for your brothers [Applause] i refuse to let my child be taken by drug and and and addiction i refuse to let my granddaughter walk the street as a [Applause] i prostitute to let my son be a homosexual i refuse to let my all people be scared to come to church we need some strong men in here this morning we know that there are some things worth fighting for nehemiah nehemiah put some men on the wall when the walls of jerusalem needed to be rebuilt because the gates had been burned and the walls were down you remember what nehemiah said he said get a tool in one hand and get a weapon [Music] in the other hand the tool is for the folk who believe the bible [Music] but the weapon is for that other negro who think you're scared god don't need no coward soldier have i got a witness here you remember when gideon was getting ready to go into battle there were 32 000 god told him you got too many i need a bible reader here he said go whisper in their ears and say everybody who is afraid and want to go home you can leave right now 22 000 got up and left 10 000 were left god said you still got too many take them down to the river i wish i had a bible reader and those who lap like a dog put them on one side and those who bring water to their mouth but they're looking around to see where their enemy is put them on the other side and 9 000 wanted to go but they weren't qualified and when the number was down to 300 god gave them the victory because god said if you win with 32 000 you're going to take credit that belong to me i wish i had somebody to help me god by himself is a majority take god in the courtroom with you take god in the bathroom with you take god on your job and god by himself is a majority [Music] somebody here can testify that it looked like your situation was going one way [Music] but then god turned the battle in your favor have i got a witness here it looked like you were going to be down for the count but god is in charge of the wind the where and the what i don't care what the devil says i don't care what your supervisor says i don't care what your neighbor says god is in charge of the when the where and the what they destroyed their enemies listen to this they didn't instigate the fight but they finished when i was growing up in my mom and daddy's house my mama said don't start no fight but you better finish one my daddy said somebody hit you go tell the principal alone don't get yourself in no trouble my mama said don't listen to none of that mess your dad is saying you let somebody hit you and you and i hear that you didn't do nothing about it you're gonna have to fight me i wish i had somebody who was raised like i was raised uh brothers and sisters in this world there are some things that's worth fighting for there's some things you have to have some convictions about because your conviction is nothing unless you stand up for it in times of difficulty vladimir putin thought this thing would be over by now but the former president of the ukraine not just the current president but the former president said i'm going to fight for my country and then there were some men who lived away from ukraine who came back to the ukraine saying i'm here to fight for my country and when the bible starts we need men who are not running away from conflict but who will come to where the battle is enjoined and give god glory and watch god work some of y'all remember this song we are soldiers in the army we have to fight although we have to cry we have to hold up the blood-stained banner we got to hold it up not till we get tired not till we get old but till we die here's my verse my mother was a soldier she had a hand on the gospel plow one day she got old and couldn't fight it anymore but she said i'll stay here and fight anyhow cause we are soldiers we don't we don't sing any battle songs in our churches anymore because every church every just about every church now has these songs that's so nice and platonic like i am a friend of god i am a friend of god he calls me friend what about onward christian soldier marching as to war with the cross of jesus going on before what about i'm on the battlefield have i got a witness here because the christian life is not a playground it's a battlefield and sometimes you got a fight [Applause] i'm gonna watch fight [Applause] and pray some battles are worth fighting [Music] god is in charge of when where and what but finally the gospel is in charge of the how and the why god is in charge of when where and what but the gospel is in charge of how and why after they killed all of their enemies who who came up against them and and some people fell back because the scripture says the fear of the jews fell on the people because when you belong to god they would come at you but they're afraid of what the lord might do somebody ought to help me preach right here growing up in units where i'm from me and johnny were the last two boys of the eight boys that my mother and father had there were two girls in our family and eight boys and me and johnny were the last two boys in our family we were the runt of the litter and uh we would go places where it was rowdy and baseball games or football games or where somebody was fighting and carrying on and they would look at me or look at johnny and i was i'm two years johnny senior and i would go and i would get in the mix and and somebody would look at me like they was fitting to come at me and then somebody else said uh that's carl's brother that's lee's brother and then they say all right okay bro what's happening and then the four of us grew up together me and gwen and wink and johnny and wanky could fight just as good as any one of my older brothers and uh we would go trick-or-treating and and and ted wayne dupree would steal somebody's trick-or-treat bag and he stole my cousin's bag when we were trick-or-treating wanky ran that boy a mile beat ted wayne took that bag and we were happily ever after i would be playing marbles and and and i wasn't winning so i would grab all the marbles and run to my house on bewley street i was way on hallsey street playing marbles but i was losing so i grabbed all the marbles and run the beulah street and they would get behind me three or four of them sydney brown and paul lardo and them coming after me trying to catch me but i'd get on the porch at 720 south beauty and wanky would come on the porch and put our hands on our hips and see what's going on out here nothing wanking nothing ain't nothing happening i said come on come on because when you're related to the right people other folk will leave you alone when you belong to god they will try to destroy you but god in the words of job has a hedge around you i wish i had some hedged in people here this morning who can look back over your life and see the times that you should have been taken out but god had a hedge around it after they had destroyed their enemies mordecai and esther i'm through mordecai and esther call for a feast it's it's a it's a day of of feasting and gladness because esther said let tomorrow turn out like the day turned out so on the 13th and the 14th of adar the 12th month of the year they routed their enemies that that that was the day they were supposed to be annihilated but god is the god of sacred plot twists and those enemies would destroy themselves so on day number 15 they call for what is called in jewish life the feast of pure the feast of purim that's still going on today is remembering how god delivered them and when you remember it causes you to give god praise and to break out in a shout of thanksgiving i'm trying to quit here but my soul is getting happy because on the day of purim they read the book of esther aloud but there was something else they did that i want to make mention of because it's really important for the shout this morning they made a little pocket pastry in the form to make it look like a an ear to represent haman's ear they made this little pocket pastry with yeast and it did not taste that good and it did not look that good on the outside so they filled it with an apricot or raspberry jam something sweet on the inside and they covered up this little pocket pastry so that to taste it on the outside you'd spit it out but if you keep chewing there's a sweetness on the inside and that was symbolic of the hidden sweetness of god in every life situation i wish i had somebody to help me shout there are some things that have happened in your life that were bitter on the outside but you kept chewing you kept coming to church you kept reading the bible you kept praying and asking god for discernment you kept staying on your knees and the more you chewed on it the sweeter the situation became the bible is such a marvelous unit i believe that's what david meant when he said oh peace and see that the lord is good you're gonna help me close this won't you but the feast of purim is just a foreshadowing of another feast the feast of purin's spirum celebrated god's deliverance from the persian empire but there's another feast that is foreshadowed by that feast and we observe it every first sunday that's in bread and fruit of the vine that we celebrate the lord's supper instituted by our lord himself when they were in an upper room he took some bread and blessed it and break it and gave it to his disciples and said this take this this is my body eat of it and then he took a little cup and said drink all of it for this is the new testament in my blood as often as you eat this bread and and drink this cup you do show forth my death and sacrifice until i come again he commanded us to come around the lord's table whatever sunday we celebrate the lord's supper it just so happens to be the first sunday here at lilly grove we don't have to do it once a month we can do it every day we can do it every six months we can do it once a year but he says whenever you break this bread and whenever you drink this cup i'm running out of time you show forth my death and burial and resurrection until i come again the feast of purim foreshadowed the feast of the lord's supper and every time we take the lord's supper we are reminded of our own deliverance we are reminded of our own salvation we are reminded that it should have been me on that cross but he died in my place and when you realize what god did for you in jesus christ it turns your mourning into joy it turns your sadness into gladness it turns your weeping into rejoicing and if the lord has saved you and you know you're saved and on your way to heaven it does not matter what circumstances come in your life if you bite into it god will sweeten it up for you somebody had cancer here this morning but god sweetened it up for you you are closer to god now because of the experience that you went through somebody's been through a divorce this morning but you're closer to god now because god has substituted what you thought you couldn't get along without and he's given you back everything the devil stole from you and here you are this morning clothed and in your right mind testifying that it looked better when i first touched it but god sweetened it up for me and i'm in this church this morning because he's sweet i know he's sweet i know dark clouds may rise strong winds may blow but i'll find a savior i said i found a savior i find the savior and he's sweet i know if the lord's been good to you and he's kept you in your stomach come on help me tell him thank you if the lord has made a way for you and what was bitter in your life he sweetened it up for you come on help your child god thank you if god made a door open that the devil fought he had closed or if god closed the bear that the devil fought he had happened and god sweetened up your bitter life tell god thank you thank you for what looked like one thing turned out to be something else but there is another feast i'm trying to get to another feast that's a feast of purim that's deliverance from the persian empire then there's the feast of the lord's supper that we observe every first sunday but then there is another feast that's foreshadowed by the lord's supper one of these days we're gonna sit down at the banquet tables one of these days y'all remember that soul gonna set up the welcome table some of these days i'm gonna feast on the milk and the honey some of these days i want to tell god how you treat me some of these days gonna sing and never get tired some of these days if you name and you're not ashamed to testify if he kept you and made your life sweet why don't you look at somebody tell him he's sweet i know he's sweet i know his sweet his sweet his sweet his sweet i know these girls he's a mother he's a father he's a backprop he's a liar he's sweet ah [Music] i really am trying to leave it alone but in a few days it'll be it'll be 10 years in a few days it'll be 10 years since god delivered me the doctor said it was over i only had two hours to live but here i am this morning in the living grove church justifying this sweet i know and he said if he lives you're gonna have to put him in the nesting hole but here i am in my right mind these sleeps he sleeps his sleep and knows our lives [Music] [Music] he celebrated the feast of purim so that they would never forget it was god who kept them we celebrate the lord's supper so we never forget there was nobody but jesus and then when it's all over i'm going to another celebration i've been invited to the marriage supper of the lamb [Music] and when i get there i'm gonna see my mother i'm gonna see my father my grandmother my brothers my family and friends have gone but mama and all of them have got to wait because there's a man from galilee with nails in his hands oh i want to see him look upon his face there to sing forever of his saving grace on the streets of glory let me lift my voice cares all past [Music] i'll be home at last ever ever ever to rejoice no more sickness no more suffering no more heartbreak no trials no trouble i'm going home to be with god our brothers are coming now there's somebody here this morning who wants to come and meet this jesus who's able to save even this morning he saves to the utmost if you're here this morning and you don't have a church home you don't have a pastor or you need to be in a church where you can grow in your faith and become all that god wants you to be just get out of your seat right now we are waiting for you this service has been held in your honor do it now don't put it off another day if you're watching us online on our youtube channel or if you're watching us on facebook just get up and give god your life as our journey through this land god bless you dear singing as i go pointing souls to calvary to their crimson flows many arrows miss my soul from without within my lord leads me on through him i must god win you come on that's right look upon his face that'll sing forever on the streets [Music] for my lord god may be the night but i'll clean he will give me life satan's help me affects my soul turn my thoughts aside but my lord [Music] look upon his face on the streets of glory come on say it again oh i want to see sing for him i'm here saving grace [Music] there is coming a day when every last one of us are gonna have to stand before god and give an account there's an appointment that you're going to have to keep you can cancel your nail appointment [Music] you can postpone your doctor's appointment but if the lord jesus delays his coming all of us have a date that we will not be able to postpone that's why i think and this doesn't have to be true because i think it but i think the older you get the lighter you hold things the older you get the the softer your grip becomes on things i think that's true especially of grandparents when you were raising children they couldn't sit on your furniture and come off the street and open your pots [Music] they couldn't jump on your bed and go in your refrigerator but grandchildren come to your house you don't care what they do because the older you get the softer your grip is on things victoria used to go to my mama's house and lay down on my mama's coffee table my mama wouldn't hardly let us walk around that coffee table and victoria would go there and my mama herself would move all the stuff off the coffee table and let her lay down on it and i went there and saw that i had to see it for myself i said miss lena may that girl is laying on your coffee tape she said oh that's all right [Music] she she likes to lay down there i said is this is this miss nina mae anderson she said when you get old you get tired whipping [Music] as long as they don't kill itself you don't care what they do and i've lived long enough to find that to be true i knew that i had officially gotten old when i rode in the car with victoria she was driving she took me this past father's day she took me to the top golf and we had a marvelous time good food played golf wonderful fellowship and on the way home i said is there any particular reason why we driving so fast she said oh daddy i'm just going 80. i knew then i was officially old i said i don't mean no harm it's not my car you pay the notes you do what you want but does the music have to be this loud [Music] somebody ought to help me testify because you start you start realizing that this world is not your home we are just pilgrims strangers passing through don't don't get shocked when things go awry in this world because jesus said in this world you will have tribulation but be of good cheer [Music] for i have overcome the world you still have a minute or two now the doors of the church are open but one day the doors will be closed and there will be no opportunity to give your life to christ there is no second act if you don't get it straight here he said if you're ashamed to own me before me i'll be ashamed on you before my father do it now cares all past [Music] look up on his face glad to sing forever [Music] the divine invitation has been extended to you and as always it is yours to receive or to reject let's give god the glory for these who have joined our church this morning [Music] [Music] we have coming today phil stem we call your name sarah allen ministry number one [Music] [Applause] and irma phillips ministry number six [Music] [Applause] [Music] let the believers say amen praise the lord for these persons who've come to join our church this morning welcome to lilly grove we are delighted to have you here if you follow brother scott in the back you'll get some more information let me get your pocketbook for you god bless you we're glad to have you here thank you so much for coming [Music] is beverly armstrong here this morning miss beverly armstrong there he is she is running for the 208th criminal district court as a judge we want you to know we're glad you're here this morning god bless you for coming and we are so so glad that you stayed till the end of the service because i wasn't going to vote for you if you left before the service was over well thank you so much for coming i need you just in case i rob somebody i need to go over there and talk with you thank you so much for your presence all of you who are visiting with us this morning who are not members of lilly grove would you stand that we may acknowledge your presence to let it grow we will go amen thank you so much for your presence you're welcome every time our church doors are open to be our special guest if your church is not open come on over here you ain't got to listen to your pastor come listen to me we'll be glad to have you every time our church doors are open let's all stand we will sing now the hymn of our civil rights struggle and i want you to get as close to somebody as you can without touching them uh i don't want nobody to get sick i don't want us the pandemic is still going on but i want you to sing with me we shall overcome think about that [Music] we shall from oh we'll walk hand in hand oh in my heart the truth shall make us free all the truth shall make us free shall make us [Music] father now we come to the end of his worship thanking you for our salvation we thank you that one friday on a scar-shaped hill and a blood-soaked cross you purchased our redemption thank you that you became a ransom for many and because of your sacrifice we are heirs of god and joined us with jesus christ [Music] god we thank you even for our struggle [Music] thank you for our old slave parents who sing in their homes and in their churches i'm so glad trouble don't last always thank you for those that dogs were sicked on them and fire hoses were turned on them that we might have the opportunity that we enjoy this day thank you oh god that we are still yet overcoming we are not there yet but with your with your grace with your mercy your strength your faithfulness we shall overcome keep on keeping us and we'll be careful to tell everybody we meet that jesus is mighty the same the lord bless you and keep the lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace in the strong name of jesus christ our lord amen [Music] jump to wherever foreign is is away is so [Music] bye

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Published: Sun Feb 27 2022