Who Is Jesus Really? Holy One Of God Series

Number Four. Demons feared Jesus as Lord over their judgment and so should we. Look at verse 28, the last sentence. I beg you, do not torment me. Verse 31: They begged him (Jesus) that he would not command them go into the abyss. Let me tell you something. You can please man, you can have all your buddies think you’re a good person, it don’t matter. God does. Billy Graham was on Larry King Live and they asked him what he expected God would say to him when he faced God. He said, “I just hope God says, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’” Now you would say, “Why would Billy Graham feel like he hasn’t done a good job?” Because only Billy Graham knows what God’s called him to do. You look at Billy Graham, who’s spoken to millions of people, and say, “He’s done a great job.” But what if God had it designed for Billy Graham to speak to billions of people but Billy Graham’s faith wasn’t big enough? I’m not implying that at all but my point is this: you never know what God has called someone to do. You never know what God’s gifted someone to do. Don’t ever compare yourself to someone else, your inside to someone else’s outside, in other words, “Here’s what I think I should do” compared with what you think someone else should do, or because I’m doing more than them, I must be better than them. Don’t ever think that because that’s not Biblical. God’s given everybody a different lot in life, different gifts, different talents, different calling, with different potential. All you need to do is be faithful with what God has given you. He’s given different people different amount of time to give, different amount of money, different amount of talents and quality and quantity of talents to provide. You have to be faithful with what God has given you. So when you go to bed at night, there’s only one person you have to answer to. It ain’t your mother, it ain’t your wife, it’s God. When you wake up in the morning, you [have] got one person to answer to. When you do everything during the day, you [have] got one person to answer to—God. These demons knew there’s only one person they had to answer to, Jesus. “Jesus, please don’t torment us.” He’s the only one who can. By the way, Jesus [doesn’t] want to torment you. He wants to give you the opportunity to be saved, not only from hell but from yourself. Say “Amen.” When we get ourselves in trouble, we get ourselves into trouble. It ain’t the devil. By the way, the devil can’t make you do anything. It’s a Biblical fact. The devil cannot force you into any sin. Every sin you commit, you commit voluntarily. He tricks you, but in the end, once you make that step to sin, he backs off. Right before you sin, because his name is “accuser,” he says, “Hey God, look at your Christian friend!” You ever sinned and feel guilty? Say “Amen.” That’s because one of the devil’s name is “Accuser of the Brethren.” “God, look at that Christian! Look at that! He was just at the Rock this morning! They’re at Happy Hour, it’s been like Happy Week for them!” You’ve only got one person to be accountable to—Jesus Christ. Not your pastor, not your priest, not your rabbi, not your mom, not your parents—Jesus Christ. That’s who you have to be responsible to. You know what he says? “I died for your sin.” We have a bunch of paintings back there from our art ministry, they’re great, they’re all for this series. There’s one painting, the biggest one back there, of Jesus carrying the cross. He’s all cut up. Go look at it when you go by. He got beat down for our sins. He’s the only one you got to be accountable to. He’s going to say, “I did all this for you. I got my back beaten, I got nails put in my hands and feet, just for you, and you did what? You thought there was another way? Who did for you what I did for you? Who offered you salvation like I offered you salvation? Who was patient all your life like I’ve been patient all your life? Who knows everything about you and still loves you anyway like me? Who?” Nobody! You have to answer to him.