Text: 40th Book of the
Bible: Matthew 6:25-26, 34 (KJV)
St. Matthew
has 28 chapters, 1,071 verses, and c. 23,684 words; portrays Christ as Our King
and a sign of Royalty.
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Matthew
6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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Matthew 6:26 Behold (look, observe, discern) the fowls of the air: for they
sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
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Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Did not the word say:
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Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another (meaning to invite by imploration,
hortation or consolation).
Imploration - beg earnestly or urgently for. Hortation
- serving or tending to exhort Consolation - to comfort or cheer up.
And did not the word
say also:
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Ephesians
4:10-13 He that descended is
the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all
things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the
body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ
Paul is talking about
when we all reach the point of maturity or degree of anointing, and we are
touching the golden scepter that was in the hand of the king as Esther did in Esther 5:2.
So as an evangelist
(which is the middle finger of the hand of the five-fold ministry; the
farthest outreach; called to gather the people in) called by God, gifted, and
anointed by God, I am commissioned to proclaim the gospel/good news, glad
tidings of the kingdom.
God has sent me to
encourage the people of God with the message: “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.”
You know sometimes we get
caught up or sometimes find ourselves saying some of what we call “father time”
or a cliche’ such as: “You know tomorrow isn’t promised.” Well I come to
serve notice on this morning…..the devil is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
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Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life,
which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.
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Isaiah 56:12b Tomorrow shall be as this day, and
much more abundant.
The reason why I know tomorrow is promised is because of Romans 10:9:
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Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession
is made unto salvation.
Once you’ve accepted
Jesus the Christ as your savior, you establish a covenant with God. We know a
covenant is a binding agreement; a promise; a pledge. How many know with a
covenant, there has to be some bloodshed?
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Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission (forgiveness of sin).
So that means the
covenant was sealed with the blood of
Jesus.
By applying the blood of
Jesus to our lives, did it not say that life is in the blood? (Leviticus 17:11).
So that means “The River
of Life” is flowing through our veins, and it’s the defense mechanism for our
natural blood which gives us LIFE.” HALLELUJAH!!!! Life eternal!!!!
Blood represents
life. It is the vehicle that carries
life through the avenues of the body, but it is not life itself.
You see……the red blood
that flows through the veins of our flesh bodies does not carry the power
to “cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” It is the
“blood of Christ….through the eternal Spirit,” that cleanses. Christ is the Word of God, and the
life of that Word must be a form of energy far transcending any life current that
exists permanently in blood.
This is letting us know
that we can have eternal life here and now without dying and sailing off
somewhere beyond the clouds to get it!
Whew!!!! That’s good news, church!
I also know who holds tomorrow…..
Because of the covenant
which is a promise, and God is not a man that He should lie and his
promises are trustworthy; backed by His oath; confirmed by Christ; and centered
in Christ. Then we as believers, sons of God, or Christians can stand on God’s
Promises!!!!
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Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie;
neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do it?
or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Why I know tomorrow is promised…….
Because first of all Jesus prayed:
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John
17:2-3 As thou hast
given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as
thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent. And again:
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Titus
1:2 In hope
of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.
So you see El-Olam was before the world was framed.
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Romans
6:23 For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
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1
Timothy 6:19 Laying
up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life.
Not only do His promises
encompass everlasting life, but special
blessing!!!
In other words, the
spiritual truths revealed in Revelation must be implemented into our own
experiences if we are to receive the promised special blessing: Revelation 14:13; 16:15;
19:9; 20:6; 22:7; 22:14.
Revelation
is the only book in the Bible that promises a special blessing to those
who study it. Revelation 1:3 is the
first of seven “beatitudes” in this book.
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Revelation 1:3 Blessed
is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written
therein.
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Revelation 14:13:
Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors; and their works do follow them.
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Revelation 16:15:
Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth
his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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Revelation 19:9:
Blessed are they which are called unto
the marriage supper of the Lamb.
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Revelation 20:6:
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in
the first resurrection.
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Revelation 22:7:
Blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of
the prophecy of this book.
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Revelation 22:14:
Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life.
This special
blessing is
promised, first of all, to those who read this book. Many Christians have bypassed Revelation
because it is full of signs and symbols they do not understand, and what they
do not understand frightens them.
However, the promise is
that we will be blessed even if we just read the book.
Also, the special
blessing is
promised to those……that hear the words of his prophecy….This would refer to those who listen as it is read and
taught. To read means to know, understand, and become aware.
Not only does God’s
promises encompass everlasting life, and special blessing, but victorious
living as well.
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Romans 8:37 Nay, in
all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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Romans 8:38-39 For I
am persuaded (fully assured), that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
His covenant also comes with a shipment of goods:
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Isaiah 11:1-2:
And there shall come forth a rod out of
the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots: And the
Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
And we know that Branch was Christ (according to Jeremiah 23:5) which encompasses
the seven spirits which are a special anointing indicating the complex
completeness of God!!!!
As I stated
in the beginning, God didn’t say
tomorrow is not promised. He said take
no thought for your life (Matthew 6:25) Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought for
the things of itself (Matthew 6:34).
In order to
apprehend, comprehend or reprehend that scripture, we must know what these
words mean. Apprehend - to see something of its
meaning, or worth but not all its relationship Comprehend - to grasp it completely and
to understand fully and perfectly. Reprehend - pull back;
re-back originally (original formation).
You must
first do what Matthew 6:33 says:
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
The Kingdom of God is a person and is
contained in Jesus Christ Himself.
That’s why Jesus said in Matthew 6 seek ye first the kingdom of
God and HIS righteousness. The kingdom of God is a person, and if you
have Jesus living inside of you, then you have the kingdom living inside of you.
This is why
it’s so relevant and vitally important that you come to understand what the
kingdom of God means. The word kingdom goes back to the Greek (basileia) or if you trace it all
the way back to the root word in the Greek
(basis), it has to do with the
foot. It goes all the way back to Abraham when God told Abraham get up
and walk
up and down through this valley and land and I’m going to give you all the ground you set your foot upon
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Genesis 13:17 Walk through the land, in
the length of it and in the breadth of it, for I will give it
thee.
I would like
to bring this down to more of a contemporary application and something that is
very applicable to your life. Consider your physical body as being that which
is earth
- taken from the earth that we now are able to put under foot; that which disobeys and that which comes
against the kingdom. The biggest battle going on now with the
church is in the mind, the way you think.
It happens in the way your thoughts are carried out.
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Philippians 2:5-6
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the
form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
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Romans
12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
Matthew 6:25
Is not the life more than meat?
Since life itself and the
body were provided by God, shall we not trust Him to provide that which is less
important? God provides sustenance
(nourishment for sustaining life) for birds that have not the ability to sow,
reap, or store food. How much more can
men, who have been provided with these abilities, trust our Heavenly Father who
is our nourisher and our provider?
Whatever the need may
be………didn’t God show up!!!!
No food on the table……
No money in my pocket or
in the bank……
Bills due………..
Enemy rushing in on all
corners of life………yet God showed up in every situation!
As the songwriter so well
stated it…..
I don't know
about tomorrow
I just live from day to day
I don't borrow from the sunshine
For its skies may turn to gray
I just live from day to day
I don't borrow from the sunshine
For its skies may turn to gray
I don't
worry o'er the future
For I know what Jesus said
And today He lives within Me
For He knows what lies ahead
For I know what Jesus said
And today He lives within Me
For He knows what lies ahead
I don’t know
about tomorrow
Meaning, what tomorrow may bring But the one who feeds the sparrow
Is the one who
stands by me
Many things
about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand!!!
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand!!!
Clap Your
Hands and Give God The Highest Praise!!!
~ Evangelist
Jackie Burton
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