Sunday, December 2, 2012

"THE Omnipotent!"

 
 
"Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool:
what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or
what is the place of my rest?"
(Acts 7:49)

"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my
bed in hell, behold, thou art there."
(Psalm 139:8)
 
There is no escape from the Holy, everlasting, omnipresent, eternal, Creator, GOD Almighty!  He is everywhere; the eternal galaxies can't contain Him; the vast and intricate universe submits to Him; the raving billowing oceans obey His order; the stars twinkle at the Word of His command; He moves and spins the earth with two fingers of His hand; the blinding sun shines at His blink; the mighty and gallant winds direct their course at the wave of His arm; He rules and reigns with all power; He sits upon the circle of the earth, and He IS and forever will be "THE Omnipotent!"

"Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD--how
much more the hearts of men!"
(Proverbs 15:11)
 
There are no secrets before the One in whom we all live, move, and have our being.  Heaven is His throne, earth is His footstool, and we, all of us, will deal with the CREATOR one day.  Atheists, unbelievers, and all those who think they will hide from the One who created them: here's a NEWS flash  ...  there is nowhere to hide, NOWHERE!  We will have our day of reckoning, all of us, before the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ!  

"But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even
the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less
this temple I have built!"
(I Kings 8:27)
 
Temples can't hold Him; sanctuaries can't confine Him; Nations can't diminish Him; people can't capture Him; and the world doesn't know what to do with Him!  How vast is our God, how all consuming, how magnificent, how glorious, and when we consider these things; we have no cause to worry or fret, our God will take care of us; He will see us through; He will make a way where there is no way, because He IS the way!  Rest in His mighty arms, dear children of the King, for He knows the number of hairs upon your head; He knows your thoughts before you think them  ...  He knows, and He can make a way, because He knows the way  ... 

"If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle
on the far side of the sea ..."
(Psalm 139:9)
 
The Lord Jesus Christ knows where you are, and all you have to do is reach up to where He is  ... in prayer, in repentance, and ask Him to fill you with His Spirit  ...  He will!  His Spirit is comforting, strengthening, powerful and Holy; it's the wind beneath your wings, and the Joy in the midst of your soul; it's the still small voice in your darkness, and the whispers in your pastures of loneliness; it will hold you, give you peace, sustain you, and deliver you from terror by night and harm by day  ... 


The Holy Ghost and fire is the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ sent, as promised, to His creation to carry us through until He comes again.  He thinks of all things; He said I must go away, but I will come again to receive you unto myself that where I am, you may be also.  He's the bridegroom, the lover of your soul, your Savior and Lord, your friend, your soft place to fall, your lily of the valley, the bright and morning star, the Holy One of Israel, your glow in the moonlight, the shadow that walks beside you, the arms holding you in sorrow, the hand wiping away your tears, and the angel unaware  ...  He IS!


"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the
 eyes of him to whom we must give account."
(Hebrews 4:13)
 
You are not alone!  Lift your arms and praise Him, for He is not far from you.  Let the Lord be your pillow; underneath are His everlasting arms, and He whispers sweet peace to your troubled soul.  We've all been there  ...  that place where our minds want to turn off because the pain is so great, pain of disease and suffering, pain of unbearable heartbreak, pain of destruction and loss, pain of abuse and neglect  ... it's PAIN and it's all spelled the same way.  The Lord is your shepherd, and He will carry you when you can go no further  ...  Rest now, in Him  ...


"He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies
in darkness, and light dwells with him."
(Daniel 2:22)
 
Nothing in this life is so tormenting that Almighty God cannot reach it and remove it.  The Lord Jesus Christ has the keys to death, hell and the grave; He sits upon the throne of heaven and rests His feet on earth; His eyes run to and fro throughout the earth and from alpha to omega; His thoughts were the program before time began; one move of His finger and mountains move; He has a plan for darkness, torment, and terror  ... and it's a Lake of Fire!  Call out to the One from whom darkness runs  ...  The Lord is your light and your salvation; whom shall you fear?

We have come to the kingdom for such a time as this.  What?  It is the time for all the world to turn to the light, receive the light, walk in the light, manifest the light  ...  and the light is Jesus Christ our Lord; He IS Father in Creation, Son in redemption, Holy Ghost in regeneration; He IS the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of a departed one; He IS the soon coming King; He IS "The Omnipotent!"



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Pastor Kenneth Phillips
(He's introducing the world to The Omnipotent!)
 
PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas
Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm
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Friday, November 30, 2012

"Turning 13!"



 
"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at
 the coming of the Son of Man."
(Matthew 24:37)
 
 
We're about to be teenagers!  Huh?  We're coming to the Year of 2013.  The dawning of the "teens."  A time of changes in the "body," a time of almost adult but "not," a time of not being able to determine the results of decisions because the brain is still not fully developed yet, a time of wild and sometimes irrational behavior, a time of development and temptation, a time of beginning to become, a time of yearning to be understood  ...  "Turning 13!"
 
 
"The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the
earth had become, and that every inclination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time."
(Genesis 6:5)
 

In Spiritual terms, we are embarking on the endtimes or the last days, tumultuous and misunderstood days, riotous and terror-filled days, changes in the Church body to accommodate Joel 2:28's Spirit upon all flesh days, the devil has little time so he unleashes it all days, the "where is the sign of His coming?" days, evil running rampant days, marrying and given in marriage days, eating, drinking, and revelling days  ...  just before the Rapture of the Church days  ... or as my Pastor so eloquently stated, "changes in the body to get ready for birth" (Kenneth Phillips) 
 
How was it in the days of Noah?  Clarke's Commentary says, "They spent their time in rapine, luxury and riot."  Sounds like today, doesn't it?
 


 
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,
but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of
the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
 marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they
 knew nothng about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. 
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."
(Matthew 24: 36-39)
 

 
It is no doubt that we are in the endtimes; the days in which we are living are as Noah's days  ...  parading in the streets for same sex marriage; legalization of mind-altering drugs; vulgarity is a norm, nudity is an acceptable commodity on television, in movies, on billboards; laws being passed that are against the laws of Almighty God; the economy of the entire world is moving to a one-world currency; there is much talk of the "end of time"  ... 
 
When will it be the last straw that rises up to a Holy God and He "no longer strives with man?"  " And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man ..." (Genesis 6:3)  It will come, but earthlings are blessed, because the Lord Jesus Christ is long-suffering, and not willing that ANY should be lost or perish.  So, He calls to His creation with love and arms open wide  ...  the door is still open; the Blood of Christ is still flowing to cover the sins of man; the avenue of forgiveness still welcomes ALL who have sinned and seek to be forgiven; the Spirit of God still fills hungry souls.
 

End of the world?  Not yet  ...  there's still today  ...  What should we do?  Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  For the promise is unto you and your children, as many as are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.  (Acts 2:38-39)  There will be an end when the Lord will remove the righteous to judge the unrighteous  ...  the Rapture of the Church; we shall be caught away with the Lord in the air.  Don't put it off; come to Jesus Christ while there's still time, because  ...  Behold He comes  ...  and we're "Turning 13"  ...

 
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Pastor Kenneth Phillips
(He's telling the world that Jesus is coming)
 
PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas
Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm
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Friday, November 16, 2012

"Thy Word Will Not Return Void"

 
 
"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
(Isaiah 55:11)


"...His word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.  I am weary of
holding it in; indeed, I cannot."
(Jeremiah 20:9)
 

Thy Word, O Lord, is like fire shut up in my bones!  One can read the Bible hundreds of times, and each time, something new comes forth in the mind and spirit of the reader.  It is The greatest book ever written; there is no situation that can occur in life that does not have an answer in the Word of God, the Holy Bible.  It was written as men were moved on by the Holy Ghost and fire ...  there's that fire again  ...    

Your word is lamp to my feet and a light to my path.  Psalm 119:105
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.  Psalm 119:18
 
I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.  Psalm 119:16
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  John 1:1



"And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently
unto my commandments which I command you this day,
to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all
your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you
the rain of your land in this due season, the first rain
and the latter rain, and thou mayest gather in thy corn,
and thy wine, and thine oil."
(Deuteronomy 11:13-14)

Thank You, Lord!  Your Word gives hope, peace, love, comfort and prophecy!  We know what will happen to Israel from Your Word; we know the headlines before the hot presses print it; we know the end of all things; we have the blessed assurance of "escape" for the Christians; and we know what will happen to the accuser of the brethren.  We "leap" with the Joy Your Word brings  ...  Ah, Your Word, Oh Lord, is our most valuable treasure!

 
 
The Bible shows us the way to repentance: heartfelt, sincere, and sorrowful, a complete repentance to receive the Glory of the Lord, and be filled with His Spirit and speak in tongues as His spirit gives us the utterance.  Then, we are baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Acts 2, Acts 8, Acts 10, Acts 19); it's all in Your Word, Lord Jesus, and we obey.

"For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and
floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon
thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring."
(Isaiah 44:3)
 
When the Lord Jesus Christ is your Savior, you will never thirst again!  "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying if any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." (John 7:37-39) "This spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive," says verse 39.  Being filled with the Holy Ghost is refreshing, full of Glory, Joy unspeakable, beautiful beyond reason and explanation  ... It is rivers of living water  ...

Our lives are enlightened by the Holy Word of God!  Without it, we would not know the unshakable faith of Noah, building an Ark for 120 years amidst scoffing, laughter and ridicule, but he kept right on hammering; we would not know about the steel-eyed prophetic Moses, pointing and proclaiming "Let my people go;" we would have no knowledge of the ecstasy of words in the psalms of David, or his precision slingshot fired stone to the invisible bullseye on the head of Goliath; our faith would not be encouraged and boosted by the destined romance of Ruth and Boaz.

Without Your Word, O Lord, we would not know what "You have come to the kingdom for such a time as this" means from the book of Esther; Solomon's wisdom would be an unknown unfathomed pearl; Job's suffering ash heap and God's question to him, "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the world?" would be a direly missed exposition of courage under fire; we would never know of Daniel's slumber party with a den of growling hungry lions; we would have no "Don't Give Up" writings of profound words from the jail cell pen of mighty Paul; and we would have missed John's vision of "our future" while he was on the Isle of Patmos  ...  Ah, the Word of Almighty God  ... we love it; we cling to it; we absorb it; we digest it; we eat it  ...  we give it  ...

Your Word, Dear Lord, will not return void!


 

(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)
 
Pastor Kenneth Phillips
(Sending the Word to the Nations)
 
PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas
Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays &:15 pm
~~~~~~~~~Live Streaming~~~~~~~~~
 
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