Who Am I

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH 08-29-01

PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN

SERMON TITLE: WHO AM I? PAGE 1 OF 4

JOHN 3:16-18 “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD; BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED: BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.”

TURN TO REVELATION 22:7-17 “BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY: BLESSED IS HE THAT KEEPETH THE SAYING OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK. AND I JOHN SAW THESE THINGS, AND HEARD AND SEEN, I FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP BEFORE THE FEET OF THE ANGEL WHICH SHEWED ME THESE THINGS. THEN SAITH HE UNTO ME, SEE THOU DO IT NOT: FOR I AM THY FELLOW SERVANT, AND OF THY BRETHREN THE PROPHETS, AND OF THEM WHICH KEEP THE SAYINGS OF THIS BOOK: WORSHIP GOD. AND HE SAITH UNTO ME, SEAL NOT THE SAYINGS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK: FOR THE TIME IS AT HAND. HE THAT IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL: AND HE WHICH IS FILTHY, LET HIM BE FILTHY STILL: AND HE THAT IS RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL: AND HE THAT IS HOLY, LET HIM BE HOLY STILL. AND BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME, TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK SHALL BE. I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY. FOR WITHOUT ARE DOGS, AND SORCERERS, AND WHOREMONGERS, AND MURDERERS, AND IDOLATORS, AND WHOSOEVER LOVETH AND MAKETH A LIE. I JESUS HAVE SENT MINE ANGEL TO TESTIFY UNTO YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES. I AM THE ROOT AND THE OFFSPRING OF DAVID, AND THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR. AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, COME. AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY, COME. AND LET HIM THAT ATHIRST COME. AND WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY.”

I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO VERSE 11. HE THAT IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL: AND HE THAT IS FILTHY, LET HIM BE FILTHY STILL: AND HE THAT IS RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL: AND HE THAT IS HOLY, LET HIM BE HOLY STILL. I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION THIS MORNING: WHO ARE YOU? I’M SURE THERE ARE HUSBANDS AND WIVES WHO’VE BEEN MARRIED TO EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THEY DON’T AS MUCH ABOUT EACH OTHER AS THEY THINK THEY WOULD. THAT’S THE WAY IT IS WITH PEOPLE TOO. PEOPLE LOOK AT MEN ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE BUT GOD LOOKETH ON THE INWARD. ALL WE SEE IS WHAT’S ON THE OUTSIDE BUT GOD SEES DEEP DOWN ON THE INSIDE. I WANT YOU TO ASK YOURSELF: WHO AM I? IF THE LORD WERE TO COME BACK TODAY, WHOEVER YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IS WHO YOU WILL BE WHEN HE COMES BACK. NOT ONLY ARE YOU GOING TO BE WHO YOU ARE BUT WHAT YOU ARE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO BUILD THEMSELVES UP AND MAKE THEMSELVES OUT TO BE SOMETHING THEIR NOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO DRESS UP AND TRY TO HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENY THE POWER THEREOF. WHETHER YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK ONE DAY AFTER AWHILE. WHOEVER YOU ARE AND WHATEVER YOU ARE WHEN HE COMES WILL BE WHOEVER AND WHATEVER YOU ARE WHEN HE COMES. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE HE’S COMING BACK BUT ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD HE IS AND HE MAY BE ON HIS WAY BACK RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO BE READY.

I WANT TO SHARE SOME SCRIPTURES IN LUKE 21:27 “AND THEN SHALL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY.” WHEN HE

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COMES BACK HE’S GOING TO HAVE ALL POWER AND ALL GLORY AND THINGS WILL BE DONE HIS WAY AND WHOEVER YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IS WHO YOU WILL BE WHEN HE COMES IN THAT DAY AND THAT HOUR.

IN HEBREWS 10:37 “FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME, AND WILL NOT TARRY.” WHO ARE YOU? CHRIST KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.

I WANT TO SHARE THIS SCRIPTURE WITH YOU IN REVELATION 1:7 “BEHOLD, HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS; AND EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM, AND THEY ALSO WHICH PIERCED HIM: AND ALL KINDREDS OF THE EARTH SHALL WAIL BECAUSE OF HIM. EVEN SO, AMEN.” THERE’S SOME SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE THAT TELL US VERY PLAINLY THAT HE IS COMING BACK AFTER AWHILE IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY. THERE WILL BE NO MORE TIME FOR CHANGE WHEN HE COMES.