A Sermon by Reverend Hollis Ray Mathis

reetings, holy children of God, in the wonderful name of our lord and saviour Jesus, the Christ. The sermon subject for today is:

The Greatest Single Event

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT, IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD? LET ME AT THIS TIME INTRODUCE TO YOU THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S DARLING SON. JESUS CHRIST WAS THE BEGINNING OF CREATION.

Rv:3:14: And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (KJV)

SAINTS OF GOD, IN THE BEGINNING BEFORE THE SUN, AND THE MOON GOD THE FATHER SPOKE, AND HE TOOK HIS WORD, AND HE SHAPED THE WORD IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE WORD OF GOD BECAME THE SUN OF GOD.

Jn:1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (KJV)

BELOVED OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY GOD EVER FORMED OR EVER SHALL BE FORMED. FORMED FROM THE WORD OF GOD FORMED IN THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD, THE FATHER.

Is:43:10: Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Is:43:11: I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.

HOLY CHILDREN, WHEN GOD SHAPED, AND FORMED, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HE SHAPED, AND FORMED, HIM EQUAL TO HIMSELF. FOR ANY TWO THINGS TO BE EQUAL, THEY MUST BE IDENTICAL.

Phil:2:6: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (KJV)

FOR ANY TWO THINGS TO BE EQUAL, THEY MUST BE IDENTICAL. THEREFORE, WAS CHRIST JESUS THE SAME SIZE AS THE FATHER, DID HE HAVE THE SAME APPEARANCE AS GOD THE FATHER, DOES HE HAVE THE SAME POWER, WAS HE OF THE SAME SUBSTANCE? YES, JESUS CHRIST WAS CREATED IDENTICAL TO THE GOD THE FATHER. THEN GOD THE FATHER BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, CREATED ALL THINGS VISIBLE, AND INVISIBLE. IT WAS CHRIST JESUS THAT CREATED THE SUN, AND THE MOON, AND THE STARS, AND PLACED THEM IN SPACE IN ONE DAY. IT WAS CHRIST JESUS THAT CREATED ALL MANKIND, AND PLACED US IN ADAM, IN ONE DAY. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD WAS A SECRET.

Prv:30:4: Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? (KJV)

WE, AS CHILDREN OF GOD, ARE A BLESSED GENERATION TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD. FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN WHEREBY MEN MUST BE SAVED. IN MANY PLACES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT JESUS CHRIST IS KNOWN AS THE WORD OF THE LORD. LISTEN AS I READ FROM THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH AS JESUS CHRIST SPEAKS TO JEREMIAH.

Jer:1:4: Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jer:1:5: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Jer:1:6: Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Jer:1:7: But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Jer:1:8: Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Jer:1:9: Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

AND NOW SAINTS OF GOD, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WHEN GOD GAVE HIS COMMANDMENTS TO MOSES' ON MOUNT SINAI THAT, THAT WAS THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD? IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LAW THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES' WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION. WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT SIN. NEITHER WOULD WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE FALL OF MAN.

Rom:7:7: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (KJV)

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT, IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAS THE BIRTH OF CHRIST JESUS, THE SON OF GOD? THIS EVENT WAS SO GREAT, AND SO WONDERFUL THAT MEN HAVE BEEN COUNTING TIME FROM THAT DATE EVER SINCE. WITHOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SERMON ON THE MOUNT, THAT USHERED IN THE REFORMATION? A BETTER WAY TO LIVE. WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WAS GOD'S WILL THAT WE LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR HEART, MIND, STRENGTH, AND SOUL. AND, OUR NEIGHBOUR AS OURSELVES. WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT WE WERE TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES. WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE POWER OF FAITH.

Mt:17:20: And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (KJV)

IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE WHEAT, AND THE TARES, WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROMISES MADE TO THE BELIEVERS SUCH AS ETERNAL LIFE.

Jn:3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

WAS THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT, IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, WHEN GOD GAVE TO THE APOSTLE PAUL THE EPISTLES THAT HE RECORDED? FOR IT IS BY THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE APOSTLE PAUL, THAT WE SHALL BE JUDGED.

Rom:2:16: In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. (KJV)

BELOVED IT IS BY THE EPISTLES THAT GOD GAVE TO THE APOSTLE PAUL THAT WE KNOW THAT THE SCRIPTURES ARE INFALLIBLE.

2Tm:3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

2Tm:3:17: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (KJV)

CHILDREN OF LIGHT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT, IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, WAS WHEN JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S DARLING SON WAS CRUCIFIED? I HEARD SOME OF GOD'S CHILDREN SINGING A SONG THAT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A PLACE CALLED MOUNT CALVARY, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR AN OLD RUGGED CROSS, IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A MAN CALLED JESUS, THEN MY SOUL WOULD HAVE FOREVER BEEN LOST. AND I SAID HOW TRUE, HOW TRUE. LISTEN CAREFULLY SAINTS OF GOD, GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. WHEN JESUS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAS THOU FORSAKEN ME? THAT CRY MUST HAVE ECHOED UP AND DOWN THE STREET OF GLORY. LISTEN AS I READ FROM

Ps:22:1: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Ps:22:2: O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Ps:22:3: But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Ps:22:4: Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

Ps:22:5: They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Ps:22:6: But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Ps:22:7: All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Ps:22:8: He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Ps:22:9: But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Ps:22:10: I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Ps:22:11: Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Ps:22:12: Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Ps:22:13: They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Ps:22:14: I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Ps:22:15: My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Ps:22:16: For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE, SAINTS OF GOD WHEN THEY DROVE THE NAILS INTO HIS FLESH, IT WAS IN THE FLESH THAT THE ENMITY THAT GOD HAD FOR MAN WAS ABOLISHED, AND AS THE NAILS STRUCK THE CROSS, EVERY ORDINANCE THAT WAS AGAINST YOU, AND I, WAS NAILED TO THAT CROSS.

Col:2:14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

AND WHEN THEY RAISED HIM UP ON THE CROSS, JESUS CHRIST TOOK THE CURSE, THE SENTENCE OF CONDEMNATION FROM US, FOR IT IS WRITTEN CURSED IS EVERY MAN THAT HANGS ON A TREE.

Gal:3:9: So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Gal:3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Gal:3:11: But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Gal:3:12: And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

Gal:3:13: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Gal:3:14: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST JESUS, WAS THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE RESURRECTION, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. BUT, SINCE GOD THE FATHER HAS RAISED HIS BLESSED CHILD JESUS FROM THE DEAD, IT HAS BEGOTTEN US TO A LIVELY HOPE, THAT WE ALSO SHALL BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

1Pt:1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1Pt:1:4: To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

THE WORD HOPE, HAS A BEAUTIFUL MEANING. IT MEANS "TO EXPECT FUTURE GOOD." AND, CHRISTIANS ARE ALWAYS EXPECTING SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN TO US. SINCE GOD, THE FATHER, HAS RAISED HIS BLESSED CHILD FROM THE DEAD. WE, OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, KNOW THAT THE GRAVE IS NOT THE END. BUT, AS FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST SINGLE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, WAS THE RECONCILIATION OF GOD, AND MAN. IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT GOD, THE FATHER, SENT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD. IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT JESUS CHRIST MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE ON CALVARY'S CROSS. IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD. THE RECONCILIATION OF GOD AND MAN IS RECORDED IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN,

Jn:20:19: Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Jn:20:20: And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

Jn:20:21: Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Jn:20:22: And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Jn:20:23: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

WHEN CHRIST JESUS BREATHED ON HIS DISCIPLES, AND SAID RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST, THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL CAME TO LIFE, THAT PART OF A MAN CAME TO LIFE THAT SHALL LIVE IN ETERNALITY.

2Cor:4:16: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

THE DISCIPLES BECAME A NEW CREATION, OLD THINGS PASSED AWAY ALL THINGS BECAME NEW.

2Cor:5:17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (KJV)

THE KINGDOM OF GOD CAME. FOR WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

Rom:14:17: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (KJV)

LOVE CAME, FOR GOD IS LOVE. THE ANOINTING CAME THAT TEACHES US, AND BRINGS US INTO ALL TRUTH.

1Jn:2:27: But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (KJV)

POWER CAME TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

1Jn:3:9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (KJV)

BELOVED RECEIVING THE HOLY GHOST IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE.

Eph:1:14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (KJV)

Eph:1:14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (KJV)


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