Message from Scripture: 3/9/2021

Our message from Scripture today is Rev. 1:8. “’I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’”

When we speak of God as Almighty, it is more than just a title; it is descriptive of His nature, of His being.  God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient; there is no one like Him. Understanding this essential characteristic of our Creator gives us a proper perspective of who we are as His creation, of what our relationship to Him as God must be. America must trust in God as Almighty, then, when it comes to morals. Humankind has shown a propensity, when left to our own devices, to allow selfish desires to become the rule for living, only to our own hurt and ultimately our own destruction.  As God is our Creator and Sustainer, He knows what is best for us, how best we should live, and the kind of life that builds up instead of tears down.

By turning our back on the principles God has established in Scripture, we are creating a culture that is destructive to itself. All moral decisions, when not made by God’s standards, are based on sin, and sin only causes problems, for individuals, society, and our nation.  To borrow a phrase from Hosea, we have sown the wind but are now reaping the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7). Scripture rightly states, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Prov. 14:34).  To put ourselves in God’s place is to put our finite wisdom in place of the Almighty’s infinite wisdom, to substitute sin for His right way for life, to bring problems to our existence instead of His blessings.

It’s time for us to again acknowledge God as Sovereign over life, the Almighty, and we as His people, if we will find life as it should be. May those of us who claim to be Christians live by our Savior’s will, and know God as Almighty will be with us. Without this, we are indeed doomed.

Robert