Thank you, greetings friends.
Genesis chapter 35 and verse 11, God is
speaking to Jacob, and He has just changed
Jacob's name from Jacob to Israel, and He
says then to Jacob, and God said unto
him, I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a
company of nations shall be of thee, and
kings shall come out of thy loins.
And the land which I gave Abraham and
Isaac, to thee I will give it, and
to thy seed after thee will I give
the land, and so shall it ever be.
But, we're here for this great expression, I
am.
Here God says to Jacob, now his name
is Israel, I am God Almighty.
To Abraham, the expression was similar, the words
were just arranged differently.
To Abraham, God says, I am the Almighty
God.
Here to Jacob, He says, I am God
Almighty.
Either way, it's El Shaddai, which means the
strong one, and it also has a double
meaning, meaning the nourisher, the sustainer, the one
that satisfies.
Not only the strong one to keep, but
He is the satisfier.
He's one that gives hope and cheer and
nourishment and strength to those who come unto
Him.
I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a
company of nations shall be of thee.
And so we still have the nation, the
great nation of Israel today, and the great
people of the Jewish nation, of Jewish nationality.
Scattered all over the world, yes, but someday,
excuse me, they're going to be gathered back
in their own land, and no power can
keep them or hinder them from having their
own land.
So, El Shaddai means something here, the powerful
one, the one that's Almighty, not just mighty.
Satan is mighty.
He has terrible strength, but he is not
Almighty.
He's not able to do everything.
He is not able to overcome God, not
by any means.
God is Almighty.
He is supreme.
In other words, He is omnipotent.
He is omnipotent, the all-powerful one, as
well as the sustainer.
And of course, He is the sustainer of
the whole world of human beings.
Without His blessing, by giving rain and sunshine,
and keeping everything moving and growing, causing the
harvests to be ready to reap, the fruit
ready to be gathered, the grain to be
taken in, all food to grow, the cattle
on a thousand hills are His.
Yes, He is the great.
He is not only the one of great
strength, but He's a great provider.
And when Satan, with his mighty strength, overthrew
the human family, God has intervened as the
Almighty God, the God Almighty.
And He has superimposed over the strength and
power of Satan salvation for man.
Satan was all able to cause the downfall
of man, but the God Almighty God, El
Shaddai, is able to provide redemption, salvation, a
way of escape for man whom Satan caused
to fall.
The sin against God, the turn against God,
but now salvation has brought by this God
who's been offended, the God who's been wronged
by the human family.
And He has given His only Son.
That wonderful verse, John 3 16, tells us
so clearly, 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.
It's not believing about Him, it's not believing
that He existed, it's not believing that He
was a man, it's not believing that He
was born in Bethlehem and cradled in a
manger.
These are profound truths, but it's believing in
Him as Savior.
Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.
To receive Him as Savior is believing in
Him that He wrought eternal redemption on the
cross.
The only one who could overpower Satan and
overpower sin and evil was the Lord Jesus
Christ.
He could not be tempted.
Satan cried, but there was no reaction in
the Lord Jesus Christ.
There's no susceptibility of him being tempted.
There was no reaction in his body toward
the temptation like there is to you and
me.
Temptations fall, and in your path and mine,
there is that nature within us that responds
to it and wants to take it and
wants to enjoy it and wants to fulfill
our lust about it.
Not so with the Lord Jesus.
He's the all-powerful omniscient, knows everything.
He's the all-wise God, knows everything.
He's omnipresent, He's everywhere at the same time,
but He was a holy, spotless Lamb of
God.
Not a stain on Him, nor could there
be.
He was perfect, He was holy, holy, holy,
and still is.
So, here is a wonderful expression.
I am God Almighty, the overall God, the
one who controls the universe today.
Men say, where is God?
Did He permit such things?
This is the wrong question.
God is still in the heavens.
He still rules in the kingdoms of men,
and He shows His mighty power.
And many instances are seen today in your
day and mine.
Earthquakes in places that never were heard of
before.
Diverse catastrophes that we never dreamed of before.
Places that changes in the weather that we've
not ever thought of before.
Men and women doing things that we never
thought would probably be possible for them to
do, or that they would do, that they
would stoop to do.
Many great events are taking place.
Governments are crumbling.
The power to rule has lessened.
It's lost its force and power.
And so, the day will come when the
Lord Jesus, whose right it is to reign,
will take over all power, and they'll be
glad to surrender to Him all power so
that He will reign in righteousness during the
millennial reign for a thousand years.
He'll reign in righteousness.
But the great manifestation of the power of
God Almighty, oh my friends, was seen and
exemplified in the person of the Lord Jesus
Christ at the cross of Calvary.
He, in meekness and deceit, He won the
maiden crowd, trod all His foes beneath His
feet by being trodden down.
Oh yes, man thought, Satan thought, we'll get
him out of the way, and then we'll
be finished with him.
We'll not need to bother with him anymore.
But He submitted as the Lamb of God
to lead to the slaughter.
As a sheep before a sheath is done,
He opened not His mouth, yet He gained
the greatest victory that is possible to be
gained in the universe of God.
He gained a righteous, holy manner in which
He could save a vile sinner and make
him a new creature, lift him up from
the dunghill of sin and Satan, and set
him among the princes, even the princes of
His people, and take him home to glory
by and by.
Oh my friends, salvation was the greatest act
the world has ever seen, will ever see.
And that act was done for you when
the Lord Jesus laid down His life on
Calvary's cross, shed His precious blood to cleanse
you and me from our guilt and sin,
and make us new creatures in Christ Jesus.
Oh, things to pass away we become new.
Oh, the value, the greatness, the wonder, the
joy of knowing Christ as Savior, receiving Him
as the one who did all this for
us on the cross of Calvary.
When we receive Him in our hearts, we
acknowledge Him in our thoughts and minds.
He is my Savior, for He died for
me.
We pass that moment, that instant, from death
to life.
Have you trusted Christ?
Our Father, bless Thy word to every man,
woman, and child that hears it or reads
it.
We do pray, and many may come to
the Savior just as they are, guilty and
vile and helpless, and trust the Savior to
make whole new creatures in Christ Jesus.
We pray again for our government, our president,
and all that he attempts to do for
the nation.
We pray that He give him wisdom in
the great decision to be made, protect him
and his family, and all the Congress, the
Cabinet, and the Court, and the governors, and
the mayors of our cities, and everyone in
our country.
Help us, Lord, to strive for Thy honor
and glory, and to receive Christ as Savior
to those who have not done so.
For we pray in His wonderful name, Amen.