Pastor S.M. Lockridge Sermon Lordship of Christ — We Live in a Sadly Sick Society

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Philippians 2:9-11

00:38 - Reading Philippians 2:9-11

01:38 - "NBC tried to convince us that we live with a backdrop of a soap opera mystique."

01:51 - "The young and the restless are on a search for tomorrow."

01:54 - "They are aware that the days of our lives are lived one day at a time."

02:25 - "We live in a sadly sick society. Do you know that people still think they can find peace of mind in pills? They try to eat their way to ecstasy. Drink their way to pleasure. Smoke their way to settled nerves. Try to puff their way to popularity. Push their way to power. Bully their way to friendship. Bum their way to world peace. But I know where a poor man has a chance. Where a sick man can get well. Where an ignorant man can get wise. Where a bad man can be made good. Where a good man can be made better and a dead man made alive ... all in Jesus Christ."

04:23 - "Do you remember in the 1960's the off beat theologians ... emerged and said God is dead? ... That should not surprise us as God's word says the fool says in his heart that there is no God."

05:26 - "God is spirit ... he just does not die."

08:08 - "Now you find that in Job 26 and 27 that he (God) hung this world on nothing."

09:20 - "...Because of the courage of men who have come under the loving Lordship of Jesus."

09:27 - "The question is being asked, 'Is this topic relevant? What is in it for us today? Well, if the lost shall confess with their mouth the Lord Jesus ... he will be saved'."

10:08 - "Blessed is the nation who's God is the Lord."

14:22 - "We are responsible to Christ."

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00:01 I'm gonna use for septic this even then 00:06 the lordship of Christ 00:14 and for a text we turn to the book of 00:20 Philippians 00:25 second chapter 00:31 versus 9 10 and 11 where fool God also 00:40 hath highly exalted him and given him a 00:45 name which is above every name that at 00:50 the name of Jesus every knee should bow 00:53 of things in heaven and things in earth 00:57 and things under the earth and that 01:00 every tongue should confess that Jesus 01:04 Christ is Lord to the glory of God the 01:11 Father 01:16 the lordship of Christ 01:22 back in March of this year 01:29 NBC tried to convince us that we live 01:35 against the backdrop of a soap opera 01:41 mystique like as the world turns 01:49 the young and the restless' on a search 01:52 for tomorrow 01:56 they aware that the days of our lives 01:59 are live one day at a time but they live 02:06 it on the edge of night and they are 02:11 searching for the guiding light and if 02:17 they miss it they'll wind up in General 02:19 Hospital we live in a sadly sick society 02:29 do you know people still think that they 02:32 can find peace of mind in pills they try 02:38 to eat their way to esta sea they try to 02:43 drink their way to pleasure they try to 02:47 smoke their way to settled news they try 02:52 to puff their way to popularity and push 02:55 their way to power they try to bully 02:59 their way to friendship and bum their 03:02 way to world peace but I know where fool 03:07 man has a chance I know where sick man 03:12 can get well I know where a negroid man 03:17 can become wise I know where a bad man 03:21 can be made good I know where good man 03:26 can be made better even a dead man can 03:29 be made alive in Jesus Christ 03:35 you know we are forever blowing bubbles 03:40 looking for ships that never come in 03:45 chase and pops of gold at the end the 03:48 receding rainbows now when a child blows 03:54 bubbles he's not concerned about values 03:58 he's thrilled as long as the bubble 04:01 lasts and when adverse he simply blows 04:03 another how do you expect your ships to 04:07 come in when you've sent no ships out 04:11 and you never will find that proverbial 04:14 pot of gold because you try to ignore 04:16 him who has a rainbow wrapped around his 04:19 shoulder you remember back during the 04:23 sixties the offbeat theologians romp 04:27 around in their subsurface play pins and 04:31 emerged and announced that God was dead 04:35 now that shouldn't have been surprised 04:37 and first because the Bible has informed 04:41 us that the fool had said in his heart 04:43 there is no God and when I first heard 04:46 that absurd statement it made me want to 04:50 ask some stupid and senseless questions 04:52 like who assassinated God what coroner 04:59 was called who signed his death 05:02 certificate who was so well-acquainted 05:06 with the one pronounced dead that he 05:08 could identify the disease in what a 05:12 bitch aware column did you find his name 05:14 and why was I not notified I'm a member 05:17 of the family 05:21 God is spirit he does not die by 05:26 assassination he does not die by from 05:29 pronouncement he does not die by denial 05:32 he just does not die he says real today 05:36 as he was to Adam and Eve in the Garden 05:38 of Eden if you'll trust him he will be 05:41 as true to you 05:43 as he wast to Abram when Abram was 05:46 called to the Wow 05:47 not knowing whether he went if you'll 05:50 trust him he will be as evident to you 05:55 as he was to Moses when God manifested 05:59 himself in a burning bush now when they 06:04 couldn't get anywhere with the God is 06:05 dead out here even in these eight is one 06:09 of the top theological questions is 06:12 where did God come from now the primary 06:16 purpose of God in creation was to 06:20 prepare a moral being spiritually and 06:24 intellectually capable of worshipping 06:27 him when heaven and earth will get on me 06:30 when there was empty blackness and void 06:33 formlessness and darkness was on the 06:37 face of the deep when time was your 06:40 unknown thou in thy blessed and majesty 06:43 did live and love alone he called light 06:47 out of darkness he called cosmos out of 06:50 chaos that is he called order out of 06:54 confusion but the question still clan 06:57 was for an answer where did God come 07:00 from and that is he came from nowhere 07:04 now that's theologically correct and 07:06 it's biblically sound for Habakkuk said 07:09 I saw him when he left the heels of 07:11 demon the holy one from mount Paran and 07:14 teman simply means nothing or nowhere so 07:17 he came from nowhere I made that 07:20 statement in Detroit some time ago and a 07:22 man talked with him after the meeting 07:24 and he said preacher let's be reasonable 07:27 about this thing you were up there 07:29 tonight talking about God came from 07:32 nowhere and that doesn't make sense 07:34 let's be reasonable about it I said all 07:37 right if you just want to be reasonable 07:39 about it the reason God came from 07:42 nowhere there wasn't it a way for him to 07:44 come from 07:47 and the reason he had to stand on 07:50 nothing there was nowhere for understand 07:53 and standing on nothing he reached out 07:57 where there will know where to reach and 07:59 caught something when there was nothing 08:02 to catch and hung something or nothing 08:05 and told it to stay there now you'll 08:08 find that in June twenty six and seven 08:11 that he hung this world on nothing 08:15 standing on nothing he took the hammer 08:18 of his own wheel and he struck the anvil 08:22 of his omnipotence and sparks flew 08:26 therefrom and he caught them on the tips 08:28 of his fingers and flung them out into 08:31 space and the deck to heaven with stars 08:33 and nobody said it would the reason 08:38 nobody said anything there wasn't 08:40 anybody that to say anything so God 08:43 himself said that's good and God has 08:47 given Christ a name that's above every 08:50 name that at the name of Jesus every 08:53 knee should bow and every tongue should 08:56 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the 09:01 glory of God the Father the hinges of 09:05 human history have turned by the 09:08 strength of the insignificant man who 09:12 has laid his life with the lordship of 09:15 Christ rivers of civilization have cut 09:18 new forces because of the courage of men 09:22 who have come under the love and 09:25 lordship of Jesus but the question is 09:28 being asked is this topic relevant what 09:32 is in it for us in our kind of a day 09:34 well for the lost if thou shalt confess 09:38 with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt 09:43 believe in thine heart that God has 09:46 raised him from the dead thou shalt be 09:49 saved for the municipality except the 09:53 Lord build the house they labor in 09:57 that building except the Lord keep the 10:00 city the watchman waketh but in vain for 10:05 the nation blessed is the nation whose 10:07 God is the Lord for those who claim to 10:11 be committed acknowledgement of crisis 10:15 authority must be accompanied by 10:19 absolute obedience to his commandment we 10:23 heard Jesus asked one day why call ye me 10:27 Lord Lord and do not the things which I 10:30 say there are four classes of men who 10:33 may be described by their relationship 10:36 to the Lord one those who need to call 10:39 him Lord not do the things which he said 10:43 to those who call him Lord but do not 10:47 the things which he says 3 those who do 10:51 not call him Lord but do the things 10:54 which he says for those who both call 10:58 him Lord and do the things which he says 11:02 now Lord is not a word to be taken upon 11:05 our lips lightly and live Lee and 11:08 meaninglessly it is a title which must 11:11 be taken upon our lips with godly fear 11:14 we can see what Jesus meant when he said 11:18 not everyone who says unto me Lord Lord 11:22 cylinder the kingdom of heaven 11:25 everyone is mastered by someone or 11:29 something Christ alone deserves first 11:33 place we need a strength stronger than 11:36 ourselves we need a strength strong 11:39 enough to help us to stand the stresses 11:42 and the strains of our struggles and the 11:45 rightful Lord of our lives is Jesus 11:47 Christ in order for him to be the Prince 11:50 of Peace to you a coronation service 11:54 must take place you must crown him king 11:58 in your own heart 12:00 wherefore God have highly exalted him 12:03 and given him a name that's above every 12:06 name that at the name of 12:08 Jesus every knee should bow and every 12:11 tongue should confess that Jesus Christ 12:14 is Lord to the glory of God the Father 12:17 now these are the words of that man who 12:20 walked all over the pagan world turned 12:23 every house into a chapel and every 12:26 street corner into a pulpit to proclaim 12:29 the unsearchable riches of Christ he lit 12:33 a lamp for the gospel even in Caesars 12:35 household he disturbed the nest of 12:38 eagles and sent them screaming across 12:41 the Roman sky he honeycombed the land 12:44 with a Christian Church and then sat in 12:47 Nero's sail in Chains and Papa Rome by 12:51 writing letters in his letter to the 12:54 Philippians Paul pinned their rest and 12:57 announcement that God have given Christ 13:00 a name that's above every name and he 13:03 envisioned the time when every knee 13:05 shall bow and every tongue shall confess 13:08 that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory 13:12 of God the Father in his letter to the 13:15 Colossians Paul declared that Jesus has 13:19 the unqualified supremacy he is the 13:23 image of the invisible God he is the 13:26 firstborn of all creation he is a 13:29 firstborn from the dead he is the head 13:32 of the church in all thing he has the 13:35 preeminence he precedes all of those in 13:38 his priority and he exceeds all others 13:42 in his superiority he succeeds all of us 13:46 in his finality well he's a master of 13:49 the mighty he's a captain of the 13:52 Copperas he's ahead of the heroes he's a 13:55 leader of the legislature's he's 13:57 overseer of the overcomers 13:59 he's the governor of governors he's the 14:01 Prince of princes he's the king of kings 14:04 and he's the Lord of lords yes he is 14:08 Lord in his letter to the Romans Paul 14:11 declared that we all belong to Christ 14:14 and we are responsible ultimately to him 14:19 for everything 14:21 that we do we live unto the Lord and 14:26 when we die we die unto the Lord ye the 14:30 gradient with which Christ died and live 14:34 now for always is that he might be Lord 14:37 both of the Dead and the living Jesus 14:40 Christ is Lord 14:43 now the word Lord simply means having 14:47 power or authority the Great Commission 14:52 is based on the claims of our saviors 14:55 lordship Jesus came and spake unto them 14:59 saying all power is given unto me in 15:02 heaven and in earth go ye therefore and 15:05 teach all nations baptizing them in the 15:07 name of the Father and of the Son and of 15:09 the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe 15:11 all things whatsoever I have commanded 15:13 you and lo I'm with your way even unto 15:17 the end of the world now Lord means 15:23 ownership his ownership is based on his 15:27 lordship and his lordship is based on 15:30 his ownership the earth is the Lord's 15:33 the fullness thereof the world and they 15:35 that dwell they end for he had founded 15:38 it upon the Seas and established it upon 15:41 the floods he's the Lord now he didn't 15:44 have to put his signature in the corner 15:46 of a sunrise he's the only nobody else 15:48 is gonna cause a Sun to rise he didn't 15:51 have to put a laundry mark in the lapel 15:53 of the meadow he's their own he didn't 15:56 have to call his initials on the side of 15:58 the mountain he's the owner he didn t 16:01 even have to put a brand on the cattle 16:04 of a thousand years he's the owner 16:07 he didn't have to take out her copyright 16:09 on the songs that he gives the birds to 16:11 saying he's the owner beyond the human 16:15 level the word Lord stands has a 16:18 reverent allusion to God the Orthodox 16:21 Hebrew in Jesus as there is in all would 16:24 not even pronounce the sacred name Lord 16:28 Jehovah Yahweh instead when 16:31 read the sacred and in formulable name 16:34 of God he would simply say the Lord hear 16:38 o Israel the Lord our God is one Lord 16:43 Jesus Christ is Lord now Christians have 16:49 replied his part of the Christ in the 16:51 latter usage on either the human or 16:54 divine level the title Lord is a mark of 16:57 respect and implied pledge obedience 1 17:02 Simon Peter stood before a hostile crowd 17:04 and said God have made that same Jesus 17:09 whom he have crucified both Lord and 17:13 Christ now Christ represents the thing 17:18 that God had done to redeem us Lord 17:23 represents what we ought to do not to be 17:27 redeemed but because we are redeemed we 17:31 ought to call him master and be obedient 17:34 servants to him we ought to call him 17:37 owner because he possesses absolutely 17:41 our lives in him we live and move and 17:45 have our being we ought to call him 17:49 father and be obedient sons and 17:52 daughters well he's our only hope and he 17:55 is our only him that's the reason I like 17:59 what David said God is our refuge and 18:03 our strength 18:04 he's a very present help in trouble 18:07 therefore shall not we fear though the 18:10 earth be removed and though the 18:12 mountains be carried into the midst of 18:15 the sea though the waters are off roar 18:18 and be troubled though the mountains 18:20 shake with the swelling they're all 18:22 there he is a river the streams where 18:25 rock shall make glad the City of God the 18:28 holy place of the tabernacle of the most 18:31 high God is in the midst of her and she 18:33 shall not be moved 18:35 God shall help her and that writerly 18:38 the heathen rage that 18:40 - a move here at his horse the earth 18:43 melted the Lord of Hosts is with us the 18:47 God of Jacob is our refuge come behold 18:51 the works of the Lord 18:52 what desolation he had made in the earth 18:55 he maketh walls to see some to the ends 18:58 of the earth he breaketh the bow and cut 19:01 it the spear in sunder and burn it a 19:03 chariot in the fire be still and know 19:07 that I am God I will be exalted among 19:10 the heathen I will be exalted in there 19:14 the Lord of Hosts is with us the God of 19:18 Jacob is our refuge Jesus Christ is Lord 19:23 because he came down the stairway of 19:26 heaven born in Bethlehem hid in Egypt 19:31 brought up in Nazareth baptised in 19:35 Jordan tempted in the wilderness he 19:38 performed miracles by the roadside He 19:42 healed multitude without medicine and 19:44 made no TARDIS for service 19:47 he conquered everything that came up 19:49 against him he took your sins and mine 19:52 and with our own khal rhae and there 19:55 died while on that cross jesus said 19:58 several things in teaching us how to 20:01 forgive we heard him say Father forgive 20:04 them for they know not what they do 20:07 teaching us how to comfort we heard him 20:11 said to repenteth Eve this day shalt 20:14 thou be with me in paradise we heard him 20:18 say in teaching us how to sympathize 20:21 woman behold thy son and son behold thy 20:26 mother teaching us how to endure we 20:30 heard him say my God my God why hast 20:34 thou forsaken me and then and teaching 20:37 us how to suffer we heard him say our 20:41 thirst and teaching us how to accomplish 20:44 we heard him say 20:46 it is finished then teaching us how to 20:50 die heard him say father into thy hand I 20:54 come in my spirit but when the thief 20:58 taught at him and said if you be the 21:02 Christ come down from the cross and save 21:07 yourself and why you had it save us to 21:11 that taunt Jesus never said a mumbling 21:14 word but the silence seemed to said you 21:17 just wait until Sunday morning and I'll 21:19 show you that it's better to come up out 21:21 of a grave than it is to come down from 21:24 a cross and he dropped his head in the 21:27 locks of his shoulder and he died yes he 21:30 died don't you let anybody fool you he 21:34 died when he died Earth had a cosmic fit 21:38 when he died well the Sun bowed his head 21:42 behind the curtains of eternity when he 21:46 died the insects crawled back in their 21:49 holes and the chickens were to roost at 21:51 noonday when he died the grave had a 21:54 spasm and the dead got up out of the 21:56 grave and walked the streets after his 21:59 resurrection he died well the dig men 22:02 mud spirits tiptoed around khal rhae 22:05 checking on the crucifixion and the grey 22:08 horse poured in the valet what if 22:11 they're saying that Jesus has died women 22:14 wept and children beheld this dreadful 22:19 scene and the cruel Roman soldier said 22:23 surely this was the son of God the 22:27 curtains in the veil of the temple were 22:29 read in Twain I'm trying to sell you he 22:32 died well I don't like to say that long 22:35 combat he died I like to restaurant and 22:37 say he was buried in Joseph Newton 22:40 buried in the para - now that used to 22:43 bother me bear in and ybarra to the one 22:47 who holds the waters in the Hall of his 22:49 air and meets out the heavens with a 22:51 spain who comprehends the dust and waved 22:54 the mountains in a scale and the hill in 22:57 the balance being buried in a bar it 23:00 well he wasn't gonna stay there long so 23:05 a temporary tomb would suffice he just 23:08 went down in the grave and cleaned out 23:11 the graves and made it a pleasant place 23:13 to wait for the resurrection and just 23:15 like the Bible city would he caught up 23:18 with every form of our in the orbit of 23:22 his omnipotence Jesus Christ is Lord you 23:26 know men have been wondering when is he 23:30 gonna relinquish his power and they say 23:33 well if we wait long enough maybe his 23:35 power will fail him or maybe somebody 23:37 will destroy his power let me ask you 23:41 something mister if you gonna destroy 23:43 his power what are you gonna use for 23:46 power if you try to destroy him by fire 23:48 he'll refuse to burn if you try to 23:51 destroy him by water he'll walk on the 23:54 water if you're trying to destroy him by 23:56 a strong wind the tempest will lick his 23:59 hand and lay down at his feet if you try 24:02 to destroy him by law you'll find no 24:04 fault in him if you try to destroy him 24:07 by the seal of an empire he'll break it 24:10 if you try to destroy him about putting 24:12 him in a grave thank God he'll rise if 24:15 you try to destroy him by rejecting him 24:18 like knowing him soon you hear still 24:21 small voice send behold I stand at the 24:25 door knock If any man will open the door 24:27 I'll come in and sup with him and he 24:30 with me Jesus Christ is Lord where Jesus 24:37 Christ is the pearl from paradise he's 24:41 the Jim from the glory land 24:42 he's truth fairest jewel and he's x 24:46 horses feeding he's life strongest cord 24:50 and his lights clear afraid he's 24:53 purities whitish peak and his jaws 24:56 deepest I'm where his name stands as a 25:00 synonym for free healing friendly help 25:04 and full salvation his blessed name is 25:08 like honey to the taste his like harmony 25:11 to the year is like helpful 25:13 all is lack hope to the heart Jesus is 25:16 Lord he's higher than the heavens of 25:19 heavens and his holier than the holy of 25:21 holies in his birth is our significance 25:24 in his life is our example in his cross 25:27 is our redemption in his resurrection he 25:31 is our hope and his birth men came from 25:34 these and his death men came from the 25:37 west and the east and the West 25:40 met in him hallelujah the Lord God 25:44 omnipotent reigneth and that his name to 25:48 his name in his name every knee did you 25:54 hear me say everything every need the 25:57 black knee every neither white never 25:59 need the young knee every knee the old 26:03 knee 26:04 every knee wounded knee everything is 26:07 gone about every tongue is going to 26:09 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the 26:13 glory of God the Father just don't let 26:16 it be said too late that tongue is going 26:21 to confess yes don't let it be said too 26:25 late there are some who said I've got a 26:29 lot of living to do you don't really 26:33 live until you come to him who said I am 26:36 come that you might have life and that 26:38 you might have it more abundantly and I 26:41 hear some praying Lord when I must go 26:45 somewhere crawl up in a dying bed and 26:49 learn how to die who told you you were 26:52 going anywhere and who told you you 26:55 gonna have the strength all the time to 27:00 crawl up in a dying bed and who told you 27:03 that you're gonna have to learn how to 27:05 die Dinah's gonna take care of itself 27:07 you learn how to live and as you live so 27:11 you die well admit that for a line 27:14 salvation is better than being lost but 27:17 that's too dangerous to risk that's the 27:20 reason the Prophet said seek ye the Lord 27:22 while he may be found 27:24 on him while he's near let the wicked 27:27 forsake his way and the unrighteous man 27:30 his thoughts and he will have mercy to 27:33 our God for he will abundantly pardon 27:35 I'm not gonna wait I acknowledge him as 27:39 my savior my lord now I found my knees 27:44 and cry wholly I fear Him because of his 27:50 power I love him because of his wisdom I 27:54 trust him because of his goodness I 27:57 praise him because of his greatness I 28:00 believe in him because of his 28:02 faithfulness I adore him because of his 28:06 holiness the Lord is my light and my 28:09 salvation the Lord is my strength the 28:13 Lord is my salvation the Lord is my rock 28:16 the Lord is my deliverer the Lord is my 28:20 high tower the Lord is my shield and 28:23 buckler yes the Lord is plain and 28:28 profound the Lord is simple and sublime 28:32 the Lord is suitable and serviceable 28:35 yes he's Lord the Lord is a fountain of 28:39 every excellence 28:41 he's a mirror of perfection he's a light 28:44 of heaven he's the wonder of the world 28:47 yes he's Lord he's x masterpiece and 28:51 he's eternity is glow red yes he's Lord 28:54 he's a morning without a cloud he's a 28:57 day without a night he's a rose without 29:01 a thorn 29:02 he's a mountain without a valley he's a 29:04 light without darkness 29:06 he's health without sickness he strength 29:09 without weakness he is truth with our 29:12 era 29:12 he's life without death yes he's Lord 29:16 and I love he's my lord yes he is and I 29:21 can brag yes I can because I've been 29:24 washed in the blood of 29:26 I can post I can blare break believe me 29:32 the Lord is my shepherd inside me all 29:36 the steel waters beneath me are the 29:39 green pastures before me is a table 29:43 prepared between me at home lies the 29:47 valley and the shadow of death and 29:49 behind me of goodness and mercy yes and 29:53 beyond me looms a house of the Lord 29:57 forever 29:58 yes no the Lord he is not only Lord but 30:06 he's my lord 30:08 is he your Lord well if he's not he can 30:11 be right now 30:14 there he is a land that's fairer than 30:17 day yes it is and by faith we can see 30:22 the fall all the waits over the way to 30:26 prepare us a dwelling place there in the 30:30 sweet when did you say I said in this we 30:34 will in the sweet by and by we shall 30:39 meet on that beautiful Shore what you 30:43 talking about preacher where is it I 30:45 don't know where it is 30:47 but it's out there somewhere yes I've 30:50 got a home beyond the hills and the 30:54 horizon yes I got a mansion beyond the 30:59 mists and the mountains I got a 31:02 possession beyond the plains and the 31:05 planet I got a society beyond the stars 31:08 and the sky paradise beyond the perils 31:13 and the theme of this prison time could 31:16 go tomorrow when I get there in the 31:22 house of the Lord forever 31:25 you talking about John in the house of 31:29 the Lord yes yes will you be there if 31:35 you be there don't you think you going 31:37 to sit there quiet in the house of the 31:40 Lord there's gonna be shouting in the 31:43 house of the Lord yes you gonna be 31:46 stealing quad you gonna get run over in 31:49 the house of the Lord 31:50 yeah you know we we are just having a 31:54 rehearsal down here we'll get ready 31:57 we're just practicing down here what are 32:00 we gonna do when we get on the other 32:02 side now if you can't write in the 32:04 rehearsal you not gonna be in the 32:06 performance in the house of the Lord 32:11 forever in the house of the Lord yes 32:16 Jesus Christ is Lord let him be your 32:20 Lord tonight let him be your shepherd