Unlocking The Bible - Lesson Two  |  Senior Pastor Kenneth Carpenter
by Kenneth Carpenter
First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN)
Kind: teaching
Scripture: Genesis 1:1-28, John 4:24, Psalm 51:11, Isaiah 40:25-26, Psalm 19:1-4, Romans 1:20, 1 Corinthians 14:33, Genesis 2:1-3, Deuteronomy 32:3-4, Hebrews 1:13-14, Hebrews 12:18-22, Jude 9, Luke 1:19, Luke 1:26, Ezekiel 28:13-15, Revelation 12:3-4, Matthew 12:25-26, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 64:6

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would you give the Lord a hand of praise right now shall we what a mighty God we serve tonight do we have any new we have any do we have any lovers of Jesus Christ in the house tonight a lovers of Jesus Christ in the student section over here oh yeah my my my so good to see you in the house of the Lord tonight I'm gonna tell you what I am so excited about I'm so excited about our prayer meetings that we've been having in the month of January and the great anointing you've got to be here to experience it but the great anointing that's upon our prayer time and if you have not yet made it out please try to make it out brother Nolan gave us the the times and we're kind of using we're using this also there is a video that plays starting at 7 o'clock sharp is called the bait of Satan and it's 12 it's 12 videos and I was here last night I was in Sevierville at the Bible study but it's your Monday night and then we got off to a great start I've had many people tell me brother carpenter I didn't realize I did not realize I was offended I really didn't realize that I had been offended and now I'm learning how to how to deal with that and I think that's I think that's just fantastic thank the Lord for brother Hightower being baptized in Jesus name Sunday so you see that happen and so thankful so they're very thankful for that if you're here tonight and you're first-time guests or your returning guest thank you for being the first Apostolic tonight thank you you know the Bible said through the Prophet Hosea my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge he said they were destroyed for a lack of knowledge and many went on to say and because they have rejected knowledge I have I have I have rejected them so we understand that knowledge especially knowledge of God is powerful the more you know about God the more that you know about God the more you know about God's Word the more blessed your life is the more you know about God's Word the more you know about God you can't separate the two the more you know about God's Word the more you know about God and the more you know about God the more you are blessed as an individual and the more that you can share his word with others and that's what we are we're gearing up here is to be able to empower the pews to empower the pews tonight to go out through our community and to be able to share the word no more is it going to be said come to church and hear my preacher tell you about this you're going to be able to share it right then why as you're as you're on the job you're going to be able you're going to be able to share this what a beautiful crowd number one what a beautiful crowd you said with a carpenter there it looks like there's several people missing well where there is there's probably about 40 people that are missing tonight because they're over in the event center and they're doing some leadership that is it's very time sensitive and in order for to 20/20 not to get completely by us I have given them pastoral permission for a few weeks to do some leadership training it's going to bless it's going to bless this church how many are glad to be in a church that's growing and wanting to grow amen thank God growing morning I want to dedicate something tonight to the students that I'm privileged to pastor I came across this video and it's talking about a creation and it's from a university it's from a university and it's talking about it's talking about creation and an interesting thing about science there's been a there's been a tremendous shift in science no I'm not I'm talking about in universities and so it's I think it's about five minute video and I gave it to them an hour so before church it may not be they may have some technical difficulties if they do I'll just I'll just go right into teaching but if you direct your attention to the strings and I dedicate this to our students tonight in 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking is God dead the cover reflected the fact that many people had accepted the cultural narrative that God is obsolete that as science progresses there's less need for a god to explain the universe it turns out though that the rumors of God's death were premature in fact perhaps the best arguments for his existence come from of all places science itself here's the story the same year time feature that's now famous headline the astronomer Carl Sagan announced that there were two necessary criteria for a planet to support life the right kind of star and a planet the right distance from That star given the roughly octillion planets in the universe that's one followed by 24 zeroes there should have been about septillion planets that's one followed by 2100 odds scientists were optimistic that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence known by its initials SETI an ambitious project launched of 1960s was sure to turn up something soon with a vast radio telescopic network scientists listened for signals that resembled coded intelligence as the years passed the silence from the universe was deafening as of 2014 researchers have discovered precisely bubkis nada zilch which is to say zero followed by an infinite number of zeros what happened as our knowledge of the universe increased it became clear that there were in fact far more factors necessary for life let alone intelligent life than Sagan supposed his two parameters grew to 10 then 20 and then 50 which meant that the number of potentially life-supporting planets decreased accordingly the number dropped to a few thousand planets and kept on plummeting even SETI proponents acknowledged the problem Peter Schenkel wrote in a 2006 piece for skeptical Inquirer a magazine that strongly affirms atheism in light of new findings and insights we should quietly admit that the early estimates may no longer be tenable today there are more than 200 known parameters necessary for a planet to support life every single one of which must be perfectly met or the whole thing falls apart for example without a massive gravity rich planet like Jupiter nearby to draw away asteroids earth would be more like an interstellar dartboard than the burden orb that it is simply put the odds against life in the universe are astonishing yet here we are not only existing but talking about existing what can account for it can every one of those many parameters have been perfectly met by accident at what point is it fair to admit that it is science itself that suggests that we cannot be the result of random forces doesn't assuming that an intelligence created these perfect conditions in fact require far less faith than believing that a life-sustaining earth just happened to beat the inconceivable odds but wait there's more the fine-tuning necessary for life to exist on a planet is nothing compared with the fine-tuned you require for the universe to exist at all for example astrophysicists now know that the values of the four fundamental forces gravity the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces were determined less than one millionth of a second after the Big Bang alter any one of these four values ever so slightly and the universe as we know it could not exist for instance if the ratio between the strong nuclear force and the electromagnetic force had been off by the tiniest fraction of a tiniest inconceivable fraction then no stars could have formed at all multiply that single parameter by all the other necessary conditions and the odds against the universe existing are so heart-stoppingly astronomical that the notion that it all just happened defies common sense it would be like tossing a coin and having it come up heads 10 quintillion times in a row I don't think so Fred Hoyle the astronomer who coined the term Big Bang said that his atheism was greatly shaken by these developments one of the world's most renowned theoretical physicist Paul Davies has said that the appearance of design is overwhelming even the late Christopher Hitchens one of atheism most aggressive proponents conceded that without question the fine-tuning argument was the most powerful argument of the other side oxford university professor of mathematics dr. John Lennox has said the more we get to know about our universe the more the hypothesis that there is a creator gains in credibility as the best explanation of why we are here the greatest miracle of all time is the universe it is the miracle of all miracles one that inescapably points to something or someone beyond itself I'm Eric Metaxas for Prager University we just had with me tonight what took him five minutes to say but the reason I wanted to play this is because now the shift in science is that they're coming closer that there's a designer and of course tonight I want my children to grow up hearing this explanation Genesis chapter one and verse number one you would turn there with me Genesis chapter one verse number one and again as last week it's a little bit different format we're teaching we're teaching I hope you got an outline we are we are unlocking the Bible we're unlocking the Bible in to unlock the Bible we have to have several keys that we've been developing these keys in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters would you pray with me right now father we love you Lord we love to praise you we love to worship you the Lord it is in your word that we have light it is in your word that we have understanding Lord it is your word that changes our hearts it is your word God that gives us the faith that we need father I ask you tonight to give me the ability to teach God come down upon my mind and mouth Lord come down upon the ears and the hearts of your people tonight Lord bless the church congregation here as we endeavor to fulfill the Great Commission of going into all the world and reaching the lost with the gospel Jesus name I pray amen and amen you may be seated in this lesson we will explore explore God and his work of creation God made man God made male and female placed them in the garden with one commandment to follow man however chose to disobey God when tempted by the devil resulting in sin entering into humanity sin came with consequences sin came with consequences what good would it do me tonight to keep you mesmerized for a few moments with rapid preaching of some relevant need that you have if we fail to see a basic principle here sin has consequences sin came with consequences in the form of judgment but God is a merciful God and God gave man after the consequence God gave man the promise of future salvation now the first key to the night's lesson everybody say the first key first key the first key and this is going to be a little bit hard to digest the first key to the Bible is understanding it's not about you it's not about you now it will eventually get to you but the theme of the Bible is not about us key number one if I say key number one God is the grand subject of the Bible God is the grand subject God is the beginning God is the source God is the initiator God is the author and God is by the hem of the origin of all things God is the universe did not just come into being by chance it was created by God God declares this truth within the very first verse in the Bible in the beginning God created see we get off on the wrong step when we try to find out things about creation when God wants you to know is that he created that's the emphases there in that verse God created the heaven and the earth we understand that God created that we understand that God is a spirit God is a spirit John chapter 4 and verse number 24 and again I have all these scriptures printed out and if there's any of you tonight at the service or later on that would like to have all these scriptures you let me know and I'll make sure we can somehow get these to you John 4:24 God is a spirit Genesis 1:1 in the beginning God created the heaven of the earth and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water in psalms chapter 51 and verse number one or excuse me Psalms 51 and verse number 11 cast me not away from thy presence take not thy Holy Spirit from me so it's an interesting thing when we understand that there are spirit many but there is only one holy spirit only one holy spirit and that is that is God God is infinite God is infinite Buzz Lightyear to infinity and beyond well I Got News for Buzz there is no beyond once you get to infinity that is the beginning and the ending if you wanted to bring it in the vernacular of us God is infinite God is not limited man may be limited by matter space and time but God is not limited to space and time there is no one like the God of this Bible there is no one like the God of this Bible and I say our Bible tells us in Isaiah chapter 40 verse number 25 the God of the Bible issues a challenge to whom then will you liken me or shall I be equal sayeth the Holy One lift up your eyes on high and behold who have created these things and bring up out their hosts by number talking about the Stars he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might but that he is strong in power and not one faileth God is infinite there's no one like God he's not limited by time he is a God of eternity eternity God is not limited by anything that you and I encounter he is the creator of the world he is the creator of the world no wonder the enemy has worked very hard on selling a false bill of goods that this earth is the product of evolution because it is the earth that God first begins to display his glory and his power and his mind God reveals his glory through our creep through the creation of the earth the creation of the earth is God's design express it's the expression of God you want to know what God is like look at the earth that we live in we could be served we begin to understand even Paul said in the book of Romans that we understand the Godhead through creation that's why some of the first early man as they went astray begin to worship the creator of be the creature and not the Creator they begin to worship the creation and not the Creator creation was never meant to be worshiped but the Creator is meant to be worshipped amen in the book of psalms chapter 19 verses 1 through 4 it says the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth forth his handiwork day and today other speech night and tonight short knowledge there is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard their line has gone out through the throughout through all the earth and their words to the end of the world in them he had set a tabernacle for the Sun you know what he just said he said creation is my evangelists creation the Sun coming up creation the order of creation is nothing more than my Evangel going to all parts of the earth there's not a place on the earth that God hasn't sent the Imagi --less of creation romans chapter 1 verse number 20 Paul said for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse in other words if we can conceive how powerful God is through creation what faith we can have in God if we can believe that God spoke everything that we see into existence what faith that we can have creation teaches us about God is what Paul was saying on day 1 we see in Genesis one chapter chapter 1 verse number 2 and 3 the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters and God said let there be light let there be light and there was light the first thing that God spoke into existence was light was light he proves to us here that he is a God a God of order for light must come first an illumination must come first in first Corinthians 14 verse number 33 says for God is not the author of confusion but of peace as in all churches of the saints it's none of us that would work at night would not realize the value of life if you go to work it like if you're going to work at night you got to have the value if you got to know the value of light and so God is a God of order there was darkness upon the face of the dig so what did God create first he brought his light in he brought his light in please notice something God lays the foundation of the earth in a systematic form or matter he lays the foundation of the earth in a systematic manner for example God opens the earth to his light before he appointed the Sun Moon and stars to regulate the light on day 4 some say God created the Sun on day 1 God did not create the Sun on day 1 the Sun was created on day 4 within what was the light on day 1 I tell you what it was it was God's light why is it God light because God creates it God created God light on day 1 and then God brought forth water is showing how systematic God is God brought forth waters on the earth and firmament in the sky in day 2 before he created sea creatures and birds on day 5 you don't create the sea creatures and the birds of the air without them having the atmosphere of day 2 to thrive in him so he shows himself to be a God of order he shows himself to be a God of power we can understand God by creation so what do I understand so far he's a God of order he's not a God of confusion he's going to start working in our lives he's going to first bring God light to your life he's going to begin to show you things about yourself that you didn't even know were there if I would be honest if I would be honest enough and I guess transparent might be the better word to use if I would be transparent with you tonight raise my hand and say that God has showed me things about me that I didn't even know we're there would you be honest would you be transparent - how many times does God showed us things about ourselves we be honest get somewhere where God light comes in but not only that he is the god of separation it's where a lot of people stumble he is a God of separation look at Genesis 1 Genesis chapter 1 verse number 4 y'all saw the light that it was good and God divided the light from the darkness and God called the light day and the darkness he called he called night and the evening and the morning the evening in the morning were the first day from here you can see that God continues to separate things throughout the creation process my montt understand something about God he's a gotta order and he's a God that begins two separate things when the light comes he is the God that goes through separation we'll look at Genesis chapter 1 verse number 6 Genesis chapter 1 verse 6 God said let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters and let it there's that word again divide the waters from the waters God made the firmament and divided their zet word again the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament and it was so God called the firmament heaven and the evening in the morning was sick of day so here we see that God separates atmosphere and water the atmosphere that we're breathing in tonight there's there's humidity there is vaporized water as a matter of fact the earth is wrapped in a blanket it of vaporized water if it was not wrapped in a blanket of vaporized water that we refer to as heaven the Rays of the Sun would scorch and burn up all the earth but God brought the water from the water separated the water created the atmosphere and then left the waters there but the point is he's a God who separates on day three verse nine to thirteen and God said let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place and let the dry land appear and it was so God called the dry land earth and the gathering together of the waters called he seas and God saw that it was good and God said let the earth bring forth grass the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind whose seed is in itself upon the earth and it was so God brought forth grass and the herb yielding seed after his kind and the tree yielding fruit whose seed was in itself after his kind and God saw that it was good and the evening and the morning were the third day so now God separates sees he separates bodies of water and land land appears on day 4 Genesis 1:14 Genesis 1:14 and I believe I'm going to go through verse 19 and God said let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the light from the day it's a word divide again let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth and it was so goes all the way down through verse 19 but God creates the Sun and the moon and the stars and he separates them for seasons what do we found out so far about our God tonight our God is a God of order our God is a God of separation but now find out something else about this God in Genesis chapter 1 and I believe that I will begin to read Genesis chapter 1 and verse number 20 and God said let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life and fowl that they may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven God created great whales and every living creature that moveth which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind and every winged fowl after his kind and God saw that it was good and look at verse 22 and God blessed them saying be fruitful multiply fill the waters of the sea and let the fowl multiply the earth now that had little word those few little words there tell me something else about God he is not only a God of order he is not only a God of separation he is a God of blessing God blesses what he creates so I'm learning something about my God tonight he's not a ancient person up in heaven a few hundred years old with a big stick ready to whack me if I step out of line he's a blessing God he creates things and then he delights in turning around and beginning to bless them he bless the creation but not only that follow down with me to verse number 24 verse number 24 and God said let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind cattle creeping thing beasts of the earth after his kind he was sold let's go to verse 26 just for times sake and God said let us make man in our image after our likeness let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air stop there for a moment he blesses them and then he's about to make a man that says I'm going to put you over the blessing I'm going to put you over the blessing and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth that's gone down to verse 28 God makes man verse 27 so God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him male and female created he them he made man male and female could we go to verse 28 and has one church one voice could we say the first four words in that verse together and Wow sounds like that we've got a blessing God on our hands sounds like this God that we bless he would just interesting blessing birds in the air fish in the sea he creates a man and he turns around and blesses he blesses that man he places man in charge of his creation he gives us church listen to this he gives us dominion over what he has created God gave rulership over creation to us this Authority was delegated authority for which man should be accountable see a lot of people to go around talking about heaven Dominion don't like to talk about having accountability well you can't you can't huff and puff about being a creature of Dominion if you don't understand that my brother Hamady with his hands tonight one's got to need one's got an answer you got to understand you gonna talk about us having Dominion you got to also talk about us being accountable and accountable to who God but that's not a hard thing to do when you know the word that preaches he is a blessing God and know lene church will he withhold from those who walk uprightly before him he's got all good would you give him a hand to praise the night he's got all as a matter of fact I said God is good no wonder everything God created what was one of the key words in Genesis 1:1 and God saw that it was good as a matter of fact the word appears seven times but there are those that feel they have a better translation of the word good the word should be according to some translators the word should be excellent excellent I kind of kind of help me out because you know we can kind of pride ourself and she cooked a good meal she cooked a good meal but you know something only God can really create an excellent work his work is excellent no wonder Deuteronomy chapter doing Arana me chapter number 32 verses 3 and 4 says these words but because I will publish the name of the Lord subscribe ye greatness unto our God he is the rock his work is perfect for all his ways are judgment there right a God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he I think we ought to take a moment tonight if we believe this and just worship God the God of creation tonight oh god I thank you tonight Lord what a good God you are what a mighty God you are what a God of order you are what a god of separation of you are what a blessing what a blessing god what a blessing god what a blessing what a blessing god you are it's three things got blessed in creation for the been three things God creation you've got God blessed in creation he blessed the birds and the fish he turned around and he blessed man but then in Genesis chapter 2 and verse number 1 thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of them and all the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in and he had rested from all his work which he had God had created and made I see a pattern here god bless creation god bless man and gave us dominion over creation if we will follow God's rule we will be the head and not the tail if we will follow God's rule we will rule over creation instead of creation ruling over us so he blessed us with accountability in that blessing but then he turned around and he blessed a certain day he blessed the seventh day he blessed that day not because he was tired he ended his work and he rested the Hebrew word rested there does not mean rest as we rest it means to pause and reflect back on the six days of creation on how good god has been to reflect back upon all on how good that God has been that there was to be a day there would be a day of reflection and man had a day of worship that he reflected back and he reflected back on everything that God had done and it was a blessed day he blessed creation he blessed man and he blessed the day and similar to that today I am still thankful for a day called Sunday now I understand there's people that might want to take you to task that Saturday's this day the we order I don't believe that the the dispensation that we are living in right now is a dispensation that we are to pick a day because every day is in Jesus now is a day of rest but I do believe that God is still pleased with our society we're losing it a little bit the Sunday is becoming the holiday and not the holy day but I'm glad that I'm still preaching to some people that recognize sunday is a holy day according to us it is the day that we set aside come on would you give him some praise right now give some praise right now getting some phrase in this place he gives a holy God he's separated he is a he is a holy God not only had God created the earth but before this time God created angels angels are spiritual beings that are created to serve God I want you follow this now to serve God and His purpose to serve God and His purpose God created them Hebrews chapter one and verse number I believe it is thirteen or it's thirteen let's start reading at 13 but to which of the Angels said he at any time sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool are they not all ministering spirits these are angels are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation so God created these spiritual beings called angels what are they created for to serve God but not only that they are to serve those I'm heading to salvation angels are created to serve God and to serve us in our role of salvation who will inherit salvation I am here tonight because I desire to inherit salvation I want to inherit salvation none of us we sell are you saying none of us are saved yet I'm here I want to inherit salvation and God has given us so many things and one of the things God has given us his spiritual beings that serve Him and also serve us who are the heirs of salvation now taking to any of you that might want to go back and live in the good old Bible days I think after I read to you Hebrews chapter 12 and verse number 18 I think you'll change your mind the Red Sea splitting was probably a real neat sight to see but I don't want to go back and see the Red Sea and I'll show you this verse number 18 Hebrews 12 and 18 for ye are not come and to the mount that might that that might be touched and that burned with fire nor nor unto blackness and darkness and Tempest and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words which voice they had heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more for they could not endure that which was commanded and if so much as a beast touch the mountain it was stoned or thrust through with the dart and so terrible was this site was the site that Moses said I exceedingly fear and quake and stop right there for a moment I just described to you what it was like to be at Mount Sinai I just described a human now the writer of Hebrews says that's not what we've come to we've not come to that the mountain was shaking there was a mortar put around the mountain and they were told that if so much an animal touches the border it should it'll be it'll be smitten and and Devin and it was such a horrible sight that Moses even testified he said I'm shaking in my boots right now wears sandals maybe I'm shaking right now I'm shaking but remember he said but you've not come to that verse 12 tells us what we've come to excuse me verse 22 tells us what we've come to but ye are come unto Mount Zion unto the city of the Living God the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of angels folks I wouldn't go back and see the Red Sea for nothing for what we've got because we've got something better than a mountain shakin and everybody's afraid to look up we've come to Mount Zion we've come to a heavenly City we are heavenly citizens tonight we are citizens of another country we're just Pilgrims and strangers passing through but not only that we have come to an innumerable number of angels well you know that in the Bible God had created millions of angels in fact in fact that we're told that that it is innumerable without number without number as we study the Bible Church we read that among the innumerable number of angels there were three art angels this word archangel ARC means first first angel if it was not that there were only three angels it was that they were three I could use the word generals presidents overseers there were three of them and each of them were given a third of the innumerable number spiritual beings called angels one of these Archangels is called Michael Michael in Jude chapter 9 is excuse me Jude verse number 9 Michael is called an archangel and he is known to be a warring angel a warring angel you find him in the Book of Daniel warring with other spirits we find him warring as a matter of fact we read of him when the devil wanted the body of Moses we find that it was Michael that stood there and said the Lord rebuke you we understand that in the book of I believe it is in the book of his in the book of Matthew or Luke we have another angel mentioned Luke chapter 1 verse 19 and the angel answering said unto him I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God and I am sent to speak unto thee and to show thee glad tidings then we find in Luke 1:26 and in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God under the city of Galilee named Nazareth we find that Michael was a warring angel if anyone went third of that a numeral number of spirits God created that there was a warring class and then there was a messenger called Gabriel in one-third of the U numeral number where it was a colony of messengers God use these angels to dispatch messages but you said there were three and indeed I did because the third one his name was Lucifer in Ezekiel chapter 28 verse number 13 the writer writes and tells us about the fall of this third angel one angel was a war angel one angel was a message angel what was Lucifer he was the angel of worship and praise now has been in the garden that I've been in Eden the garden of God every precious stone was thy covering the Sardis the Topaz the diamond the burro be onyx the Jasper the sapphire the emerald the carbuncle and gold the workmanship of that tablets or tambourines and the pious trumpets food was prepared in thee and the day that thou was created thou art the anointed cherub that covereth I have set thee so that was upon the holy mountain of God thou has walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire that was perfect in thy ways from the day that that was created till iniquity was found in thee you see Revelation chapter 12 and verse number three and I must really use my time wisely here in the next 10 minutes the Revelation chapter 12 and verse number three he picks the devil and he said and there appeared another wonder in heaven and behold a great red dragon that's the devil that's Lucifer having seven heads and ten horns and seven Crown's upon his head and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven that's when Lucifer fell he took his colony of worshippers and Prazeres with him and did cast them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which were ready to be delivered to devour her child soon as it was born you see when the devil fell from heaven he took that third that one third of an innumerable number of angels and Jesus testifies to this in Matthew 1225 when Jesus said and Jesus knew their thoughts see they had accused Jesus of casting out Devils by death by the devil and jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them every Kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation notice he said Kingdom in every city or house divided against itself shall not stand if Satan cast out Satan he is divided against himself how shall been his kingdom stand he has a kingdom he took one-third of Ana numeral numbers of angel they became demons they became it diabolically opposed to the good God that created them demons were one time angels that were in the presence of God created to do God's service and to aid us in salvation but demons now are not helping us to live for God they're doing everything that they can do to keep us from worshiping God but you see and I and I don't really don't want to get lie if I if I get too far down this road we won't get back but what was missing in eternity was worship and praise but God didn't create another group of angels to praise and worship him he made something a little lower than the Angels and he said now you will replace what I once had in heaven you will replace that I once had an innumerable number of angels that did nothing but to give me praise and to give me worship and applaud me for the God that I am but now that they've got lifted up in Pride and I oh I don't want to go through I don't want I'm gonna tell you a lot of times with singers I guess I preach on preachers let me preach on singers a little bit one of the greatest things singers will battle in their lifetime is pride it you'll bet your battle pride it seems like it seems like that's something that kind of tries to attach itself to you but God did not give you a talent to bring attention to you God gave you the talent to bring attention to him I don't use I don't use singers or musicians that won't a bellyache that nobody's praising God I don't like getting up there and everybody just sits and look at me well sweetie pie you ain't singing for them in the first place you're singing for him all right and you all just get to sit in and if you choose not to praise him that's your own business that's your own loss but I want you to know I was made to worship God I was made to magnify God but guess what I get when I become the third replace colony I get a message and I get the power of the warning angels you're not gonna come into my house see there sit down I got six minutes you can't do this to me Satan the purpose of Satan is to try to kill and defeat God's plan to have a beautiful relationship with men man was created by God for God man was created by God for God man was given a helpmate man was given a wife a woman to help him everything was going good everything's blessed the Seas blessed Adams blessed seventh days blessed everything's good with the exception of one rotten thing the devil and when that one rotten foe came into the garden that one rotten Oh introduced temptation there was the absence of negative things in the garden think about it no weeds no thorns no no thistles no curse no sickness no sorrow no guilt no fear perfect relationship with God the Creator until that rotten former worship leader now demon comes down and begins to tempt Eve when she introduced when he introduced that God was depriving Eve 8 Adam 8 and they fell into sin judgment came Eve would bring forth children with great sorrow and Adam would work by the sweat of his brow until the ground and not get the harvest that he wanted the serpent would go up on his belly and Satan would live with a scriptural threat hanging over his head the seed of the woman is going to crush your head don't get too seated in your victory you have brought man down you have introduced guilt and shame and fear but Satan don't you get too comfortable there's a God promise hanging over your head that he's going to take the seed of the woman and going to bruise your head why because God is love God is love he created man to manifest himself through that man God is love what God is looking for tonight is not a bunch of robots what God is looking for tonight not a bunch of angel God wanted angel worship he could have created angels and never made the first man but God wants somebody that freely obeys him God wants somebody you don't you know I don't have to do it it's not a have to it is they want to I want to love God I want to live for God I want to read my Bible I want to serve God God is a God of love would you give him praise right now man came in her sin came into the picture and everything everything failed to give glory to God creation was first designed to give glory to God that's my own personal belief tonight I'm not going to fall out with anybody if you'd like to talk to me about after church but I believe that before the fall they had perfect weather I do not believe there was any tornados that came through and uprooted trees I do not believe that creation was out of whack with tsunamis and hurricanes and tornadoes and famines but when man sinned and notice this now please when man sinned the earth ceased to be able to give its proper glory to God the earth began to be a witness of the fall as a matter of fact the Bible even says that the earth is what we're feeling with the earthquakes that the earth is in travail right now but not only that man could not shine the brightest for God is that the reason that Romans 3:23 simply says this for all have sinned and come short of what the glory of God but with salvation we are promised something that goes like this it's joy speakable and that's what he did for us when he gave us the Holy Ghost he gave us his spirit washed us in his name he said I'm going to take you back and now I'm going to begin to allow you to bring glory to my name would you stand with me tonight what a mighty God we serve what a mighty God we serve sin brought guilt shame and fear there were the consequences of being separated from God man blamed is this not right man has a way of dealing with sin man had his own way of dealing with sin what was it he blamed the woman man had his own way of dealing with sin what was it he hid himself and then he covered up his sin with fig leaves no wonder the writer in Isaiah 64 and 6 says the best that we can do is as filthy rags in God's sight you know what that filthy rag was that was a rag with a person's blood on it it was a rag with a person's blood on it he said the best you can do you're holding up your filthy blood in my sight but your blood can never take away any sins man blames it by boy you might know you got a little imp sitting on your shoulder you can always just blame your life away I am this way because this and I'm this way I did this because that you know who's speaking in your ear one of that one third innumerable number that fail hiding covering up but God's way of dealing with sin is for us to take responsibility I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before you God's Way of us dealing with sin is for us to take responsibility I did it Lord I did it God I confess to you and then we let God cover us we let God clothe us with His mercy does it matter does it matter this is another way you could tell you're really walking into life you're always if you're always stumbling because somebody's talking about your life you're telling me you're not wearing the mercy garment like you should because when you wear the mercy garment like you should it's the helmet of salvation and you're not letting that get ahold of you judgment came and it was God manifest in flesh hanging on a cross God died for our sins we had the future hope of salvation I'm so glad that it was all covered tonight I want to tell you and just didn't quickly clothe closing the god that I want to ask you to worship tonight is a spirit gonna tell you 11 11 things about him real quick he's a spirit he is infinite your bedroom walls cannot keep him back if you'll cry out his name he's the creator of the world he's a God of order he's the god of separation he's a God of blessing he's a God of perfection and excellence he's God a holy he is God love he is God mercy and he is God the justifier and for just a moment could we just worship Jesus Christ tonight oh I love that sound tonight oh thank you God oh no no no CC oh god I love you tonight Lord I love you tonight god I praise you the night Lord thank you Lord for your love god I have sinned and come so short of what you have for my life but thank you Lord Jesus Christ for the work that you did at Calvary thank you for the complete work that you did Lord the death burial the resurrection Lord thank you Lord for letting me be baptized in your name and fill with your spirit Lord what a new life I love you God I thank you tonight Jesus I thank you for this beautiful church family that I get to teach to God let this word tonight get deep down in their hearts may we walk God unlocking the Bible in our in Jesus name we pray amen amen thank you for coming to Bible study now you're dismissed in Jesus name