A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.A Psalm by David. The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
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… He's got you and me in his hands. The Bible says the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. The world and they that dwell therein, it all belongs to God. And so surrounded by this system. And that's why I want to hang out for just a moment because the system will distract you. And you will make statements rooted in ignorance about what happens and not understand systems. It happened last Sunday in a church here in Dallas and I won't call the name or the pastor. But they made a statement about what happened with Carmelo Anthony. And it broke my heart because I've been there. and when preachers who ain't been there got something to say about what happens there it bothers me when you baptize it in the name of Jesus I've been there I know Andrew Anthony I've had the privilege last year they came to us at the onset of this horrific heartbreaking tragedy I hurt for both families because one father today won't have a son to share with. …
That's the problem. We don't act like it's true. You can say God owns it all, but what does that even mean? But we have got to come to terms with what it means. Psalm 24.1 says, the earth is the Lord's and everything in it. Psalm 10, 14 says, look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it belong to Yahweh your God. Job 41, 11 says, who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine. Haggai 2, 8 says, the silver is mine and the gold his mind says Yahweh of heaven's armies. It's like you think he's trying to make a point in all of these passages. It all belongs to him. And that's why Malachi 3 says, stop robbing God. And by the way, sometimes we think of Malachi 3, it's just about tithing. No, stop robbing God by withholding your tithes and offerings. Offerings were free will offerings. So it means that we can rob God, not simply by refusing to tithe, but by not giving to God things that he would prompt our hearts to give to him, free will offerings. We don't want to rob God. I don't want to stand before the judgment seat of Christ and have Jesus say, well, you know, you're covered by my blood and you're getting into heaven, but you didn't please me with what you did with your finances. You held on to them when you should have given it away. You robbed me of glory. You robbed other people …
Everything belongs to God. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. The world and they that dwell therein. Everything belongs to God. You don't own nothing. you don't own anything. The devil will make you think you own it. But you don't own it all. It all belongs to God. Amen. And the sooner you surrender it to God and give it to God, the sooner you can be free from the responsibility of managing. Amen. When I was a teenager, I had a car, my first car. And my family was about to go on vacation. and my little brother got in the front seat of my mother's car and stopped playing with the gears. and pulled it out of gear. Back in those days, I shouldn't say it like it's the Model T. It wasn't that far back. But there used to be a time where you could take the car out of gear without putting your foot on the brake. And even though the car hadn't been started, he moved it out of gear and the car started moving and went down and crashed into my car. …
… the God who has a purpose and will accomplish that purpose, the God who is over all and through all and in all. Psalm 24 verse 1 says, the earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Psalm 65, Psalm 66 talk about how all the nations and the kings of the earth bow down to God. Psalm 47 talks about how dominion, all dominion belongs to the Lord. All the rulers of the earth, all the people in the world all bow down to him. He is sovereign over everything. The early church knew this. Did you catch that in Acts chapter 4 verse 23 through 31? When they came together to pray, here they are experiencing persecution and they come together and how do they address God? Do you remember? It said, sovereign Lord. Sovereign Lord. It's in verse 24. Sovereign Lord, they declared. The word literally means despot, despot, the one who has all authority and all dominion and all rule. And that was huge for them. When you're experiencing persecution, when your family is being threatened and you're experiencing attacks from different sides, it's good to look up and see that God is still in control, that he's still on the throne. …
… If we're not careful, we start to think that I made this. I got this job. This is my money. But Psalm 24 verse 1 says, the earth is the Lord's and everything in it. You want to grow the muscle of trusting God? Start by saying, God, all of this is yours. I am simply a steward. None of this belongs to me. My body doesn't belong to me. My mind and my heart are yours. My money is yours. My time is yours. The message version, it puts it like this. Give him your first. Everyone say first. Everyone say best. Isn't that a picture of what God did by sending his son Jesus on the cross? His one and only son. He gave his first and he gave his best. And God is so faithful that as you give him everything you own, he's gonna outgive you. I remember being in ZLC, being called to our ministry program here at Zoe, wondering how I was gonna afford life because I went from full-time teaching to part-time. …
… We're going to study this Psalm together today. Psalm 24 says, the earth is the Lord's and everything that's in it, the world and all who live in it. For he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. who may ascend onto the mountain of the Lord, who may stand in his holy place, the one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false God. They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God, their savior. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob. Lift up your heads, you gates, be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory, who is the king of glory, the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads. I like that part. By the way, what we're doing about fasting and praying, the reason why we're fasting and praying is because we're not going to have our head down this year. We're going to lift up our eyes. Come on, clap. If you got faith, to lift up your, come on, lift up your heads. We're lifting up our eyes. The Bible says in Psalm 121, I lift my eyes to the mountains. Where does my help come from? It comes from you, the maker of heaven and earth. So I like that the Bible's telling us, come on, 2026, lift up your heads, lift up your heads. Verse nine, lift up your heads, you gates, lift them up, you ancient …
… and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows. What about Psalm 24 verse 1? Look at this scripture. The earth is the Lord's and everything that is in it, the whole world and everybody that lives in it. So guess what? If it all belongs to God, I should probably take care of it. Like it's not my car. It's his car. It's not my money. It's his money. It's not my gift. My gift is not mine. My gift mix, it belongs to the Lord. And so everything I have, I've got to have the right approach that this is not my stuff. This is God's stuff. So I'm going to manage it to the best of my ability. I love this. Put it on the screen. Utilizing. Here's what it looks like. Utilizing and managing all the resources God provides for his glory and for his creation. Put the next one up. We are not owners. …
… he made you The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. The world and those who dwell in it are the Lord's. He made us. He owns us. We're not our own. And if you're a Christian, you're doubly not your own because you've been bought by the blood of Jesus. next thing to think about is everybody in this room and on the planet is not only made but is profoundly sinful all of you deeply corrupt bent rebellious behold I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Psalm 51 just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin and so death spread to all men because all sinned that's you you're dying because you inherited sin and you have sinned all are under sin, none is righteous no, not one we need to linger there for a minute because it has huge implications for providence. This sinfulness of our vaunted self-exaltation, self-sufficiency, self-determination is an infinite moral outrage in the universe because it exchanges the glory of the infinite God for images, pathetic, finite images, and worships the creature rather than the creator. …
… He is the, the earth is the Lord, Psalm 24 says, the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. The sooner you learn that it belongs to God, the sooner you can be free from the bondage of today. Ain't your house. I know that's not good English, but it's good preaching. Ain't your house. Ain't your car. Some of y'all worship your cars. Yeah, you worship your cars when it ain't your car in the first place. It's God's. I ain't been all out of shape because somebody scratched my car. Y'all see people park their car way out in the parking lot, way out there. They might as well bow down and worship their car. I'm sorry, my car, my God is not a car. Come on, holler back at it, brother. By the way, some of y'all's car payment is more than the money you get at God. Woo! It's tension, tension in the room, Anthony. It's tension in the room. …