The All-Sufficient God

Breaking the Code
The All-Sufficient God

I. Introduction

A. Acts 2:17 (NLT) “In the last days,” God says, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.”

1. Biblically, the idea of the ”last days” is that all has been done that needs to be done in order for to return!

B. Revelation 1:4-6 (NLT) ⁴This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; ⁵and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. ⁶He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.”

C. Revelation 1:9 (NLT) “I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.”

1. “Patmos” is the place of .

D. Revelation 1:10 (NLT) “It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.”

II. The Character of God

A. hair

1. Revelation 1:14a (NLT) His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow.

2. Proverbs 16:31 (NLT) Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life.

3. Revelation 1:8a (NLT) “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God.

4. James 1:5 (NAS) But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

B. His eyes are like flames of .

1. Revelation 1:14b (NLT) And his eyes were like flames of fire.

2. God offering us reliable

C. Feet as bright as

1. Revelation 1:15a (NLT) His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace.

2. The idea of this image is God is One who stands on an foundation!

3. The idea of this image—the “feet of bronze”—is that God offers us unshakeable when our life is built on Him.

D. A voice like mighty waves.

1. Revelation 1:15 (NLT) His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.

2. The idea here is God speaks with !

3. Revelation 1:5b (NLT) He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.

4. Are you to the authority of God?

E. His

1. Revelation 1:16a (NLT) He held seven stars in his right hand.

2. Revelation 1:20 (NLT) This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

3. The image here is God offers absolute !

F. His was like the sun.

1. Revelation 1:16b (NLT) And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.

2. This image of God’s Face being as “bright as the sun in all of its brilliance” is an image of absolute !

3. Revelation 1:17a (NLT) When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead.

4. Revelation 1:17-18 (NLT) ¹⁷When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. ¹⁸I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.”

5. Revelation 1:18 (NLT) “I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.”

6. The “Ancient of Days” says to you, “Don’t be afraid. It’s Me, Jesus. And I have for you to do.

III. Conclusion