(Exodus 33: 11a, 13, 17-18)

It is often said that we can fool some of the people some of the time, but we can’t fool God at all!  God is all-knowing and He knows when we are real and when we are faking, which is why it is imperative for us to remember who our God is and what His Word stands for.  Pastor Dix reminded the congregation about the status of our God by saying “The same God that delivered the three Hebrew boys from the fiery furnace is the same exact God that we worship today!”

As recruiters for Christ we must know that God’s Word is:  infallible (doesn’t fail), inerrant (never wrong) and immutable (unchanging).

 Pastor’s sermon targeted three groups of believers:

• Those who believe the message would be good news about what God is preparing to do in our lives.
• Those who believe the Word is a divinely inspired commentary about what God wishes to do in our lives.
• Those who believe that the Word served as a testimony about why we’re not experiencing God the way He intended, or the way we desire to experience Him.

Pastor said God is ready to unveil something that we have never seen or experienced. Regardless of what we think ---God is God, whether we believe it or not.  There is a secret in the Word that God wants to unveil.  The secret that must be revealed is something that will transform our lives forever.  However, before unlocking the secret we should ask ourselves a couple of questions. Who are you?  What is your true zeal?

Pastor revealed two secrets that God wants to share with believers:

1. Rest and Tranquility
2. The Answer

God is saying as long as we are in chaos we cannot receive that Word designed to penetrate the pillar of darkness that is purposed to keep us from receiving our answers from God, who stands on the opposite side of the pillar with His arms out stretched.  Pastor Dix reminded us that every time we have a worship experience, read the Word or pray, God is penetrating the pillar of darkness.

In closing, Pastor George posed three thought-provoking questions:

• How much more of God can you stand?
• Will you wait for Me?
• Will you still worship Me when I give you the answer?

Quotes of the sermon:

"God is God whether you believe it or not !” - Pastor George Dix, Jr.

Scripture References:

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

• Ephesians 3:20 - Prayer & Scripture (Associate Pastor Sheila Baker-Bell)
• Exodus 33: 11a, 13, 17-18 - "...And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend..."
• Lamentations 3:22 - "It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not...."