NOTE: Image above is borrowed from Ligonier Ministries.
“Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.” (Daniel 2:31-35).
I guess I will start with giving credit where credit is due; and definitely all glory belong to the God and GOD alone (to the FATHER in CHRIST JESUS the SON).
The scene is a familiar one – the LORD JESUS was taken by the soldiers (a band of men and officers from the religious leaders – chief priests and pharisees [John 18:3]) and sent to Pilate in the judgment hall [John 18:28], see John 18-19. After having the blessed SAVIOUR scourged, and after being plaited with a crown of thorns (the humility of our servant SAVIOUR/LORD, the CHRIST), Pilate said/asked the LORD JESUS, “Whence art thou?”. But our SAVIOUR kept quiet. Then Pilate said “Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?” Then the LORD JESUS said, “Thou couldest have no power at all against ME, except it were given thee from above:” (John 19:11a).
All that to say that nothing can come to be or nothing can happen if it were not allowed or caused by the CREATOR/SOVEREIGN GOD. The video above is a testimonial of what GOD did for and through Billy Graham. It succeeded because GOD made it succeed. The same thing with Dr. R. C. Sproul’s now famous Ligonier Ministries. GOD ALMIGHTY used Dr. Sproul greatly to help millions of lives all over the world to bring us to that place of humble reverence to our HOLY, BENEVOLENT FATHER in heaven (see picture below title above – commemoration; and the video below).
Just as what was revealed to Nebuchadnezzar, from the scripture reference above, (just below the heading), by the prophet Daniel – that GOD is sovereign over all. HE is the only one CREATOR/ALMIGHTY of all. HE is the only one who can make things happen. “And the STONE (the LORD JESUS) that smote the image (the kingdoms of this world) became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.” (Daniel 2:35b). GOD the FATHER, through GOD the SON, JESUS CHRIST, has brought to naught the dominions of this world, and has made HIS kingdom to flourish and last.
And lastly, that is what I see from hind sight, of the ministry that my friend and I started – our street preaching; that the LORD GOD made it happen, and continues to make it happen. We started just last month, September 7, 2019. And we have been carrying out to the present time (see picture below). My friend and I were assaulted with the enemy’s wiles by way of discouraging comments from other “believers”, as well as our own sense of weaknesses. But the good LORD GOD gives us grace (in CHRIST JESUS) to “get ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start all over again.”
And that, my beloved readers, causes me to give in utter humility all the glory, honour, and praise to GOD the FATHER, by CHRIST JESUS, who is LORD of lords.
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