The King Eternal (Part 3): 1 Timothy 1:17 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

Scripture

• 1 Timothy 1:17

About this sermon

1 Timothy 1:17- Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. In part three of this message, we continue to look at what our King is doing in Heaven now. He is preserving His creation. We take a look at how He is doing this. We also look at how our King is the indisputable, incomparable, irrefutable, ingenious God of the universe. Jesus is God alone. There is no other. It is an indisputable fact. He is the ONLY wise God. He is preeminent and prominent. Our King cannot be elevated to a further degree, He is already number one, in fact, He is the only true God. His name is already above every name. It strikes fear in those who rebel against Him. They cringe at the very mention of His name. Yet, those who love Him find comfort and calm in His name. Men cannot promote Christ to a higher position in the world because He has preeminence in all things now. He is Lord. Our King cannot be enhanced or enriched. We cannot enrich Him, for in Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. He is the only wise God. He is the One that enhances and enriches us with His love, wisdom, knowledge, and the Holy Spirit. He is the epitome of wisdom. If you desire wisdom, He will give it to you. James said, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Our King cannot be edified, educated, or enlightened. He already knows all things. He is the omniscient king who informed us that He is the true light of this world. Our king is the light of the knowledge of God's glory. He knows everything. *1 John 3:20- For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. When you look at how you were made by God, it leaves you with awe and amazement. All the information about your body and who you are is contained in your DNA. Your DNA contains the codes, the formula, instructions, or the recipe about you. It is called your genome. Your DNA is like a big cookbook. The instructions or recipe determine what you will look like and the abilities you will have. These codes are microscopic but can be seen with a powerful microscope. The coded information can be printed out by men using the four letters A-T-G-C. They represent four base substances of DNA. Your DNA code or instructions would fill an 8 ½ by 11" book with 70 pages, but not one book, it would fill 16,597 books. All of this information is stored in each cell of your body. That is incredible, but understand this, you have 40 trillion cells in your body! That is a lot of storage. When I was studying Genetics, I found out that God created us with tiny units in our cells that supply the cells with energy so they can carry on their processes. They are like the batteries of the cells. They are called Mitochondria. God has put an abundant amount of these in your heart cells because it requires huge amounts of energy to function. It never stops, beating around 100,000 times every day. This may go on as long as 70, 80, 90, or more years. If you are ten years old, your heart has beaten around 365 million times. If you are sixteen, it has beaten 584 million times already. If you live to be 70 years, it will have beaten 2,555,000,000 times. That’s over 2 ½ trillion times. Jeremiah was right when he wrote, “It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22). If you sleep eight hours each night, your heart beats around 33,600 times while you are snoozing. Thank God He made us where we don’t have to stay awake to keep it beating. When I read about our lung cells, I found out that the Lord made them with brush-like structures that sweep out gunk that gets into them. God gave them their own self-cleaning system. I also found out the total surface area of our lungs is the size of a tennis court. We have 1500 miles of airways in our lungs so that we can get plenty of air. Folks we just did not blob together. We are carefully designed by the Lord. Your own body is evidence that demands a verdict that the Lord, the King Eternal, made you. David said, “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well” (Psalm 139:14). This 34-minute message was preached on Wednesday night, December 4, 2022, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.

Topics

• Heaven & Eternity