Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 28, 2021

Introduction:  Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 28, 2021

This sermon talks about the fact that the number of the elect is fixed – the number of those who rise from the dead and the number of those who are alive at the coming of the Lord, “and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 17).

Whereas the number of Angels is innumerable.

“The Lord has billions and billions of Angels”.

“He speaks and creates Angels whenever He wants.”

Angels minister to us – and not we to them (Hebrews 1: 14).

“The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit”.  It means do not turn down the word of God, otherwise, you are turning down the Holy Spirit; you are turning down the eternal God.  

The Lord God is the Creator and He has created everything else.  

You want to thank the Lord Jesus every day that in His eternal plans, He chose you before the foundation of the world to come to salvation and that when we are glorified, you will be among the closest to Him in heaven for eternity, higher than any Angel that He has created.  

“In some respects and ways the redeemed will excel angels; for the overcomers will be the ‘very bride’ of Christ! – A privilege which is not given to angels!  There is no higher position for created beings than those in the Bride of Christ!”

You will be blessed.

Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 28, 2021 

We listened to a sermon titled “Supernatural Presence”, CD # 949 B, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 5/29/83 (PM).

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

The eternities of God, they are incredible.  It has not entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for them that love Him (1 Corinthians 2: 9).

We love Him, because He first loved us (1 John 4: 19).

Can we look into the supernatural world?  Is it with us today?  Yes, we can look into the supernatural world and it is with us today.

The Lord is coming in clouds of glory and we will see some of His glory before the translation.

The Lord has millions of different dimensions, thousands of worlds, and they do not run into one another.

Angels appear from one dimension to another dimension.

We have the material world that we live in and there is the spiritual world around us.

The Lord answered Elisha when he prayed that the Lord should open the eyes of his servant; the servant was then able to see into the supernatural realm; there were literally scores of Angels in beautiful lights all over the mountain; there were more that were with them than those that were with their enemies (2 Kings 6: 13 – 17).   

These angelic beings were there all the time and they are here with us all the time. 

The Lord protects His children.  

Beyond what Elisha’s servant saw are dominions and powers of the Lord.  

The Lord is an infinite God.

Adam and Eve:  The Lord spoke to them.  There were colors of amber, wheels of God and a flaming sword (Genesis 3: 24).

Ezekiel:  The Lord spoke to him; he saw the wheels of God (Ezekiel 10: 9 – 13).

Moses:  The Lord spoke to him and appeared to him in the burning bush (Exodus 3: 1 – 6).  He saw the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night (Exodus 13:  21).  He saw the consuming fire of God on the mountain (Exodus 19: 18).  He had to cover his face; “the skin of Moses’ face shone” (Exodus 34:  29 – 35). 

Just before the coming of the Lord, we will see miracles and many things from the Lord.  He will not always hide His glories.

The Lord appeared in His glory and power in both the Old and New Testaments.

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13: 8).  Yesterday:  He was in the fathership over Israel.  Today:  As the Messiah in the form of a man talking to the Jews.  Forever:  As the eternal King.  It shows the Lord Jesus is eternal.

He does not change.  “For I am the LORD, I change not” (Malachi 3: 6).

If you believe from your heart, from the soul, if you love the word of God, He will appear to you.

John fell as a dead man when the Lord appeared to him on the Isle of Patmos (Revelation 1: 9 – 17).

Daniel saw the Lord God as the Ancient of days (Daniel 7: 9 – 10).

The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit.

The Lord is eternal and that is why He can say I am eternal.

When you are prepared in your heart, He will reveal something to you.

David saw aerial wonder; the Lord bowed the heavens and came down (Psalm 18: 9).  He saw the Lord shoot out lightnings and conquered his enemies (Psalm 18: 14).  He saw the glory of the Lord many times.

The Lord will do every day what He has said He will do.  

Believe in eternal life; believe in the eternities of God.

We are moving each day towards eternity.

The world that hates God’s word, they are also moving.  They are moving towards the damnation coming upon this earth; they are moving towards hell.

The Lord is a just God.

All those that are His will come to Him and no one can take them from Him.

David said the Rock of Israel spoke to him (2 Samuel 23: 3).

God gave Abraham a covenant.  The Lord told him that Israel would suffer for four hundred years.  He saw a burning lamp, the Lord signifying to him that all would be well (Genesis 15: 13 – 21).

The Lord appeared to Joshua as the Captain of the Lord’s host (Joshua 5: 13 – 15).  He came to meet him from another world.

The Lord appeared to Elijah as fire to destroy his enemies (2 Kings 1: 9 – 15).  

The Lord appeared as the fiery chariot to Elijah that took him to heaven (2 Kings 2: 1 – 11).

The Lord appeared to Abraham in Theophany (God appearing in the form of a man); He came to the front door of the tent with two angels (Genesis 18: 1 – 15).  The Lord Jesus later appeared to the Jews and told them that Abraham saw him and was glad (John 8: 56 – 58).  He came from eternity and appeared to the Jews.  The mighty God stood in front of them (Isaiah 9: 6).

You may entertain Angels unawares (Hebrews 13: 1).

The Lord appeared to Solomon in the form of a fire, in a cloud of glory, when he was dedicating the Temple (2 Chronicles 7: 1-3).  The glory of the Lord was so valuable, so precious, that the Temple was dull in comparison.

Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on the throne, the Lord spoke to him, the Temple posts moved; the glory of the Lord was there, the Seraphims stated the whole earth is full of His glory (Isaiah 6: 1 – 5).

The Holy Spirit is depicted as the wind and blows wherever He wants, saving souls (John 3: 8).

When the Lord is creating, He is in a form that no one can approach Him (1 Timothy: 6: 16).  The Lord then appears in a lesser form for us and the Angels to see Him in different dimensions.

Cornelius saw an Angel in bright clothing, glistering white, glistering with the Holy Spirit (Acts 10: 3, 30).

Angels are around the earth, otherwise, Satan would have destroyed the children of God.

Angels and the Holy Spirit are guarding over the whole earth.

There is the supernatural presence of the Lord among us.  Get to believing the Lord and He will show you His glory.

Isaiah 55: 6:  “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near”.  

Hebrews 2: 3:  “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation”.

Matthew 6: 33:  “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

We have a supernatural God and a supernatural presence.  

The Lord has great things for you at the end of the age.  

The Lord is going to give a powerful outpouring.  

We are moving towards eternity; we are moving towards the glories of the Lord and He will pour some of His glories upon us.  This is a reality, a dimension of faith.

I started the sermon.

“The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit”.  It means do not turn down the word of God, otherwise, you are turning down the Holy Spirit; you are turning down the eternal God.  

When the word of God states:  “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace” (Ephesians 1: 7).  It means just that.  When the devil brings up your sins before you, tell him that you now have redemption through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ; you now have the forgiveness of your sins.

When the word of God states:  “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:  and the government shall be upon his shoulder:  and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9: 6).  It means just that.  It means that the Lord Jesus Christ is “The mighty God”.  When you read about God appearing to Moses, Elijah, David and the other prophets, that was the Lord Jesus appearing to them, because He is the Mighty God. 

In the sermon titled “The Angels of Lights”, CD # 1171, Brother Neal Frisby stated: 

The great Angel of light is the Lord Jesus.

God’s Angels are full of lights.

The Lord does not really need Angels as He can do everything by Himself.  He created Angels to give some else life.  Wherever the Angels are, He is there also, working with them.  

The Lord has billions and billions of Angels; He has innumerable number of Angels.

He speaks and creates Angels whenever He wants.

I read from Scroll # 120:

THE REVELATION OF THE ANGELS IN GOD’S KINGDOM – Ps. 99: 1, “The Lord reigneth:  let the people tremble:  he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.” – “Tremendous power! – The Eternal Monarch sits in between the cherubims overshadowed by the seraphims (beautiful glowing lights).  – Even His throne is shrouded in mystery, but He reveals it to us by revelation; and without spiritual insight one from the natural would never understand it!”  . . . “There is much more to it than even what the prophets revealed. – But first let us consider the angels in their positions.  God’s kingdom is a spiritual one, a literal government of order and authority.  Each created angel has its specific task of order, authority and administration!” – “The cherubims in God’s kingdom are the guardian messengers of the Throne!” (Rev. 4:6-8) –  In a moment we will reveal that they also take flight with the Lord! (Ezek. 1:13, 24-28) – “The seraphims within the Throne rank among the highest of the 9 or 10 orders of angels!  – They are priestly like, who, in the Temple of Heaven, direct universal worship to the Creator!”  

THE UNIVERSAL KINGDOM – “These angels are messengers of God in His never-ending kingdom!  Probably the seraphims and cherubims have individual names known only to God.  And we know of only three among the angelic order that are named; these are archangels.  We have Michael, Gabriel and, of course, the fallen one, Lucifer, called the light bearer  – son of the Morning!  – “Now Jesus is the angel of the Lord, the greatest of Archangels, the Bright and Morning Star, creator of the angels!  (St. John, chap. 1) – Read 1 Thess. 4: 16 – God, the Archangel!”

I continued with the Sermon:

“Each created angel has its specific task of order, authority and administration!”  Each angel that the Lord has created has a specific task to fulfill.

You cannot get to the end of God’s Kingdom (Luke 1: 33).  You can travel trillions and trillions of miles, but you will never reach the end of God’s kingdom.  It is infinite.

I read from Scroll # 154:

WHAT ABOUT THE ANGELS?  – “They are a fascinating part of God’s kingdom and they do their duties well!  They are the princes of heaven who stand before God!  They are also ministering spirits to those who are heirs of salvation!” – Rev. 5: 11, “implies that there are hundreds of millions of angels! . . . Angels are immortal and they do not die! (Luke 20: 36) – Angels are spoken of in the masculine gender! . . . They are said to be innumerable!” (Heb. 12: 22) – “There are different types and various orders of angels!  Perhaps we can write more on this in a moment! . . . But right now the reason the spirit is revealing this is because of the nature of the coming of world events and crises, more angels are going to intervene and be dispersed upon the earth!  Because the Lord is going to raise up a standard against
satan’s onslaught and protect God’s children preparing the translation!”

I continued with the Sermon:

Angels minister to us – and not we to them.  Hebrews 1: 14:  “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” 

Wherever you are, the Lord is with you in the form of an Angel.  Psalm 34: 7:  “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.”  

The number of the elect is fixed – the number of those who rise from the dead and the number of those who are alive at the coming of the Lord.  

1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 17:  “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:  and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Whereas the number of Angels is innumerable.  

Hebrews 12: 22:  “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels”.  

Revelation 5: 11:  “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders:  and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands”.  

Ten thousand times ten thousand is in of itself, a hundred million.  But this Scripture mentions more than a hundred million angels, because it also states:  “and thousands of thousands”.

“The Lord has billions and billions of Angels”.  “He speaks and creates Angels whenever He wants”.

We have billions and billions of Angels, innumerable number of Angels, but the number of the elect, the number of those who are translated, is fixed – “and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Hebrews 2: 6 – 16:  “But one in a certain place testified, saying, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM?  OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU VISITEST HIM?  THOU MADEST HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; THOU CROWNEDST HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOUR, AND DIDST SET HIM OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS:  THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.  For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.  But now we see not yet all things put under him.  But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.  For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.  For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one:  for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.  Saying, I WILL DECLARE THY NAME UNTO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH WILL I SING PRAISE UNTO THEE.  And again, I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.  And again, BEHOLD I AND THE CHILDREN WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN ME.  Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.  For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.”

God made man a little lower than the Angels.  “WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM?  OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU VISITEST HIM?  THOU MADEST HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS”.

The eternal God came as the Lord Jesus (Isaiah 9: 6) and made Himself also a little lower than the Angels that He has created.  He tasted death for every man.  “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”

This is the Almighty God “for whom are all things, and by whom are all things”.  He came to be like us.  Through salvation, we become His brethren:  “partakers of flesh and blood”, “for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren”.

Romans 8: 17:  “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ”.  Revelation 3: 21:   “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”.

We become joint-heirs with the eternal God and we will sit with Him on His throne

In the sermon titled “Divine Purpose And Great Secrets”, CD # 1401, Brother Neal Frisby stated: 

Revelation 2: 17:  “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”

You have an earthly name which is not your real name.  You will shed your earthly name.  When you leave the earth, your name will change.  He has your real name before the foundation of the world.  This is a secret name that the Lord has given to you before you were born.  

No one else knows this name, but you and the Lord.  You and the Lord have that code.  The “hidden manna” is the Lord Jesus.  A new name written.  This new name that you will receive will let you reach out and do things in the kingdom of God.  You will be introduced to things that you have never seen.  

“eat of the hidden manna” – more revelation of the Lord Jesus, knowledge of what He has, you will receive great secrets, you will have a deeper walk with the Lord Jesus.  You will have knowledge of the secrets of God, some of which are hidden from the Angels.  

I continued to read from Scroll # 154:

ANGELS AND THE ELECT – “Men have often wondered when their bodies are glorified and changed how will they rank with the angels?  – In the world to come, the righteous are equal to angels! (Luke 20: 36) – In some respects and ways the redeemed will excel angels; for the overcomers will be the ‘very bride’ of Christ! – A privilege which is not given to angels!  There is no higher position for created beings than those in the Bride of Christ!” (Rev. 19: 7 – 9)

The Lord God is the Creator and He has created everything else.  

You want to thank the Lord Jesus every day that in His eternal plans, He chose you before the foundation of the world to come to salvation and that when we are glorified, you will be among the closest to Him in heaven for eternity, higher than any Angel that He has created.  

“In some respects and ways the redeemed will excel angels; for the overcomers will be the ‘very bride’ of Christ! – A privilege which is not given to angels!  There is no higher position for created beings than those in the Bride of Christ!”

Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

www.gospelwordministry.com

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