I don’t know about you, but I am glad to be in the house of the Lord where everybody is somebody and Jesus is Lord of us all. I would like to use the subject from which to preach “Is there no more balm in America?”
What will it take to find the balm in America? It will take more than the traditional "revival ministries" of earlier years. God has asked some questions in the book of Jeremiah that will help on the understanding of what it is going to take to find the and use the balm in America.
Jeremiah 8:19-22 Behold the voice of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? [20]The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. [21]for the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. [22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
This is a text that is not often looked at but is used in song to minister. Now Gilead is a region of ancient Palestine known for its balm. Lets look at where this balm comes from. This Balm comes from a small evergreen African and Asian tree. This tree produces a type of cream or ointment that was used to soothes, relieve, and or heal the body.
In our text we find that God is asking the people of Gilead some simple questions.
The first question that God asks the people of Gilead is “Is there any more balm in Gilead?”
I want to look at balm in the since of healing power(anointment and appointment if you will). So God is asking the people if there is any more healing power in this land. I can image what was going thorough God’s mind. I put all that healing power in that and it seems as if it is all gone. Then God asks another question. “Is there no physician there?” now wait just a minute. God put the power of healing in this land and he put doctors in this land so that there can be healing done in the land. This goes to last question that God asked the people of Gilead. “Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” Now this question answers the first two questions but still leaves one at a miss because in order for god to ask the third question the first two had to be yes. I want to bring this back home before I take me seat. Is there no more healing power in the nation called America? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
1} do we as the children of the most high God still believe that he is able to do exceedingly and abundantly according to all that is asked of him. Where is our faith as a nation that was built on the foundations and the Words of GOD.
2} do we not have any more real preachers and teachers that believes that greater is he that is me than he that is in this world. Do we not have anymore god fearing teachers that want to serve the Lord. There is no other help I know. What do you believe God for? What do you believe him to be if you are a preacher and teacher of the Great Gospel. The foundation was laid over 2000 years ago. Why cant the real children of God please stand up?
3} I found out that America still has the power to heal but the will is gone. The question was asked “Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” I’ll tell you why. The will has gone and the church is getting more and more like the world. The church is starting to be all about entertaining you and making you get happy. I heard the Late Bishop G.E. Patterson say that the Holy ghost should sometimes make you angry. Let me explain something to you right now. The holy ghost is nothing but the spirit of God. and When we don’t do what we are told to do he gets mad. I am here to tell you that we need to go back to the old time way. We have to do bible study the way it was when we and some to the older folk where coming up. We are reminded that we are not to remove the old land marks for they are what we know today was founded.
I grantee you that if we start calling on the name of God and go back to the old land marks there will be some healing in this world. The hymnologist said “There is a Balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a Balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. If you can't pray like Peter, if you can't preach like Paul run and tell your loved ones he died to save us all.”
How many of you want to healed by that Balm. When you are healed by this Balm you will never hurt again. The healing power that comes from the Balm in Gilead heals the body mind soul. I want you to know that Jesus is the Balm in Gilead. He is a healer. I have heard them of old times just he is the doctor that has never lost a patient. He is a doctor that still makes house calls. Do you know who I’m talking about. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is the root and offspring of David. He is the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley. He is Alpha and Omega the first and the last. He is Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end.
Let me just make it easy for you to know who it is that I am talking about.
A - Alpha - the first living of the dead
B - Blessed - he was given to give sight to the blind
C - Comforter - when the physical left his spirit stayed
D - Deliver - the true life saver
E - Elevated - if I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me
F - Faithful - Faithful is Our God
G - Grace - Blessed me just because he is
H - HOLY - man without one sin
I - I am that I am
J - Justified by his word
K - King of kings
L - Lord of Lords
M - merciful - When sin tried to stop redemption Mercy said no
N - No not one - There’s no friend like Jesus
O- Ordained - Cant no body take his place no matter how hard you try
P - Peacemaker - He can calm any raging sea with the palm of his hand
Q - Qualified - and there was no sin found in him
R - Raised
S - Set-apart from the rest to do and be Gods best
T - True Light and Redeemer
U - Understanding
V - Vigilant
W - Way maker.
What will it take to find the balm in America? It will take more than the traditional "revival ministries" of earlier years. God has asked some questions in the book of Jeremiah that will help on the understanding of what it is going to take to find the and use the balm in America.
Jeremiah 8:19-22 Behold the voice of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? [20]The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. [21]for the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. [22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
This is a text that is not often looked at but is used in song to minister. Now Gilead is a region of ancient Palestine known for its balm. Lets look at where this balm comes from. This Balm comes from a small evergreen African and Asian tree. This tree produces a type of cream or ointment that was used to soothes, relieve, and or heal the body.
In our text we find that God is asking the people of Gilead some simple questions.
The first question that God asks the people of Gilead is “Is there any more balm in Gilead?”
I want to look at balm in the since of healing power(anointment and appointment if you will). So God is asking the people if there is any more healing power in this land. I can image what was going thorough God’s mind. I put all that healing power in that and it seems as if it is all gone. Then God asks another question. “Is there no physician there?” now wait just a minute. God put the power of healing in this land and he put doctors in this land so that there can be healing done in the land. This goes to last question that God asked the people of Gilead. “Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” Now this question answers the first two questions but still leaves one at a miss because in order for god to ask the third question the first two had to be yes. I want to bring this back home before I take me seat. Is there no more healing power in the nation called America? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
1} do we as the children of the most high God still believe that he is able to do exceedingly and abundantly according to all that is asked of him. Where is our faith as a nation that was built on the foundations and the Words of GOD.
2} do we not have any more real preachers and teachers that believes that greater is he that is me than he that is in this world. Do we not have anymore god fearing teachers that want to serve the Lord. There is no other help I know. What do you believe God for? What do you believe him to be if you are a preacher and teacher of the Great Gospel. The foundation was laid over 2000 years ago. Why cant the real children of God please stand up?
3} I found out that America still has the power to heal but the will is gone. The question was asked “Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” I’ll tell you why. The will has gone and the church is getting more and more like the world. The church is starting to be all about entertaining you and making you get happy. I heard the Late Bishop G.E. Patterson say that the Holy ghost should sometimes make you angry. Let me explain something to you right now. The holy ghost is nothing but the spirit of God. and When we don’t do what we are told to do he gets mad. I am here to tell you that we need to go back to the old time way. We have to do bible study the way it was when we and some to the older folk where coming up. We are reminded that we are not to remove the old land marks for they are what we know today was founded.
I grantee you that if we start calling on the name of God and go back to the old land marks there will be some healing in this world. The hymnologist said “There is a Balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a Balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. If you can't pray like Peter, if you can't preach like Paul run and tell your loved ones he died to save us all.”
How many of you want to healed by that Balm. When you are healed by this Balm you will never hurt again. The healing power that comes from the Balm in Gilead heals the body mind soul. I want you to know that Jesus is the Balm in Gilead. He is a healer. I have heard them of old times just he is the doctor that has never lost a patient. He is a doctor that still makes house calls. Do you know who I’m talking about. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is the root and offspring of David. He is the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley. He is Alpha and Omega the first and the last. He is Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end.
Let me just make it easy for you to know who it is that I am talking about.
A - Alpha - the first living of the dead
B - Blessed - he was given to give sight to the blind
C - Comforter - when the physical left his spirit stayed
D - Deliver - the true life saver
E - Elevated - if I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me
F - Faithful - Faithful is Our God
G - Grace - Blessed me just because he is
H - HOLY - man without one sin
I - I am that I am
J - Justified by his word
K - King of kings
L - Lord of Lords
M - merciful - When sin tried to stop redemption Mercy said no
N - No not one - There’s no friend like Jesus
O- Ordained - Cant no body take his place no matter how hard you try
P - Peacemaker - He can calm any raging sea with the palm of his hand
Q - Qualified - and there was no sin found in him
R - Raised
S - Set-apart from the rest to do and be Gods best
T - True Light and Redeemer
U - Understanding
V - Vigilant
W - Way maker.