- Pastor E. A. Adeboye at RCCG Special Sunday Service. Going Higher (Part 27)
‘Mocking the Devil’
1 Kings 18:25-29
Psalms 115:3-8, our God is sovereign but idols are useless.
Daniel 11:32, the Bible says if you know your God, you can do exploits.
James 4:7, made it clear, if you are truly submissive to God you can resist the devil and he will flee from you.
We serve a God who can hear prayers, Psalms 65:2
He can also answer prayers, Jeremiah 33:3
I pray for every one of you listening to me, all your prayers will be answered.
- Elijah showed the difference between the Living God and idols, he said maybe your God is talking so he cannot hear you. Though our God does talk, He is not a talkative.
Psalms 62:11, our God does not have to speak more than once to get anything done. If for any reason whatsoever He repeats Himself, he is saying pay attention John 3:3.
John 14:12, He said verily verily I say unto you, he that believeth in me, the works I did shall he do also, pay attention to what I am saying.
When God repeats Himself three times, the situation must be serious like in Joshua 1:1-8, God said to Joshua be strong and of good courage two times and when He said it the third time you could hear the anger in His voice. You can understand Joshua trembling, how can I take over from Moses? You are asking me his servant to take over? The boy was trembling but God said be strong and of good courage.
There is something interesting I believe you should take note of, that is four times in the Bible God repeated Himself over a particular issue.
Habakkuk 2:4,
Romans 1:17,
Galatians 3:11
Hebrews 10:38
What was God saying four times? The just shall live by faith. That tells you the importance of faith in the life of a Christian.
It is written in Hebrews 11:6, without faith, it is impossible to please God.
Romans 15:23, it is written that whatever is not of faith is sin meaning that if you have no faith, you are a sinner. You can be sure that no sinner is going to heaven.
God is not a talkative, He insists that you must live by faith. There is something else about Him that is not a talkative, so we His children cannot be talkative. The Bible said in Proverbs 10:19, out of a multitude of words you can’t avoid sin. If you are s talkative, you are bound to sin.
Proverbs 29:11, tells us a fool utters all that is in his mind but a wise person keeps some of it back. If you are a talkative, the Bible calls you a fool and a fool has said in his heart there is no God. As a true child of God from now on, watch your mouth.
- Elijah said to the Prophets of Baal, maybe your God is pursuing. Our God does not pursue because He is everywhere at all times, Psalms 139:7-9.
He doesn’t have to pursue anybody to catch him.
Remember the story of Jonah in Jonah 1:1-17, God told Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach to the people but he turned in the other direction to go to Tarshish and God was waiting for him there. He sent a storm and they threw him in the storm. God told the whale to swallow him up and by the time he came to his sense and cried to God, God told the whale to vomit him on dry ground.
So you think you can run from God? How? By land? Read your Bible, in Numbers 16:28-33, some people thought they were smarter than the Servant of God, God told the ground to swallow them up. Do you want to run by land? God can tell the ground to swallow you up.
Do you want to run by air? Joshua 10:11, when the enemies wanted to run away from God, God bombarded them with hailstones, God is the first one to throw a bomb. You can’t run away from Him by land, sea or air, so if you are wise you will surrender because He doesn’t have to pursue you and He doesn’t have to go hunting.
Psalms 50:1-12, tells us the cattle upon a thousand hills belong to God.
John 21:1-13, after Jesus rose from the dead, Peter said I go fishing and his friends said I go with you, they fished all night and caught nothing, Jesus appeared to them in the morning and said have you caught anything they said nothing, Jesus said come and dine and by the time they returned they saw Jesus Christ cooking fish, nobody asked Him how he caught his fish. He doesn’t have to use a net to catch fish, he doesn’t have to hunt.
If God ever asks you to give Him something, He is doing you an honour because He doesn’t need anything from you. When the Bible says if you ask for anything in my name I will do it, according to Bible scholars He is saying that if you ask for something I have never created I will create it for you.
- Elijah said maybe your God traveled that is why he hasn’t answered you. Our God does not travel. Isaiah 66:1, the Bible says He sits down on His Throne in heaven and His legs rest on the Earth. From His Throne, He is in absolute control of everything that is happening.
The Bible says He is sitting on His Throne and his eyes are running to and fro throughout the whole earth, 2 Chronicles 16:9. He never needs to travel, if He has to get a message across He will send His word, Psalms 107:20.
I am representing Him today as I say to you, every one of you sick is healed in Jesus name, every form of yoke in your life be broken in Jesus name.
He speaks to heal, deliver without leaving His Throne and He can guide, you need counsel, He doesn’t have to travel 1 Kings 17;2-16, He guided Elijah.
- Elijah said maybe your God is asleep, maybe you need to wake him up. Our God never sleeps nor slumbers Psalms 121:3-4, He never sleeps nor slumbers because He is never tired, Isaiah 40:28-29, while He supplies strength to everybody else, He is never tired.
Mark 3:35-41, the Bible said when He was in the boat and there was a storm, and they called unto Him and said don’t you care that we perish? He said what kind of rubbish is that peace be still and immediately there was calm.
I pray that you will hear from God today, that His Word will heal you today, guide you, bring you deliverance and bring peace to your storms
We have a God, He hears prayers, he can answer and He promises to answer. We have a God who doesn’t go hunting, a God who doesn’t travel, a God who doesn’t sleep, a God who is not talkative.
The conclusion is in Psalms 46;1, God is the ever-present help in times of trouble you are serving a God who is ever ready to help. It doesn’t matter where you are, you have a God who is on call twenty-four seven, anytime you call, He is ready to answer you.
I remember years ago, the first time I had to visit a head of state outside Nigeria and I saw how many doors I have to pass through at his invitation, he asked me to come, after several security checks, I got to the reception and finally, they came to collect me, we had to go through other security checks before we met him. Thank God it is so easy to see Jesus. Anytime I want to see my King, as soon as I say in the Name of Jesus I am in his presence. What a Joy to be a child of God.
If you are still toying with the issue of salvation, make up your mind, if you are trusting one idol or the other, change your mind and give your life to Jesus Christ today, He is the one you can call upon any time, anywhere and He will answer you. If you want to give your life to Jesus Christ, call on Him, ask Him to save your soul, He will answer you.
God Bless You All!
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