GOD IS LOOKING FOR A RIGHTEOUS PERSON TO SPARE HIS GENERATION

CHRIST THE ROCK CONGREGATION

SUNDAYSEPTEMBER 8^TH 2024

SERMON BY PASTOR MARC SIMEON

GOD SEARCHES FOR A MAN AND FOUND NONE

GOD IS LOOKING FOR A RIGHTEOUS PERSON TO SPARE HIS GENERATION FROM JUDGMENT

Jeremiah 5:1 ¶ “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

Ezekiel 22:30 “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

INTRODUCTION

• Example of the reality shows
  • Survival
    • Many  contestants
    • Many  obstacles
    • A lot of ordeals
    • One winner of the big prize
  • American Idol
    • Long line of prospects
    • Many trails
    • Top ten
    • One winner of the American Idol title
  • American Got Talents
  • Biggest Looser
  • Beauty Pageant etc
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• All eyes are on the winner
• The winner becomes the ambassador for the Game or the sport
• In all generations we see God in the lookout for key people
• Many a times God is searching for just one person
• When God is up to something Big, He aims at just one person
• Not necessarily a male but a person, male or female
  • God chose Adam to begin the human race
  • God chose Noah to save the human race from extinction
  • God chose Abraham to be the father of a holy nation from which to send the Christ
  • God chose Jacob to begin the nation of Israel
  • God chose Joseph to save his people
  • God chose Moses to get the Israelites out of bondage
  • God chose Joshua to get Israel to the Promised Land
  • God Chose Samuel to save his generation
  • God chose David to become the line of the Messiah
  • God chose Esther to save the Jewish people
  • God Chose Nehemiah to rebuild the wall
  • God Chose John the Baptist to become the forerunner of the Christ
  • God chose Peter to be the Apostle of the Jews
  • God Chose Paul to impact Christianity
• God is still in the business of looking for people
• God still has many assignments to be done on earth
• God is looking for you
• God has a specific assignment for you
• God has a mission on earth that only you can accomplish

In Jeremiah 6:1-2 God was in desperate need of a man.

• A man with good credit
• A man he could trust
• He sent out a team looking for that man, but alas! that man was nowhere to be found

Jeremiah 5

 ¹ Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

 ² And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

GOD IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO STAND IN THE GAP

Ezekiel 22: 29-31

²⁹ The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

 ³⁰ And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

 ³¹ Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

• In the Bible, it is very consistent that God grants favor to people on account of others.
• In Genesis 18: God nearly saved Sodom because of the intercession of Abraham
• In Ezekiel 22 God was looking for a man so that he would spare Israel.
• God may want you to stand in breach for
• your family
• Your community
• Your church
• Your school
• Your place of employment
• Your generation
• Your country
• Your race
• God is looking for individuals, not crowds
• You are either going to step in the plate or fail to.
• Every one of us has at least one major assignment on earth that only you can do
• What you do or don’t do will determine the fate of many others.

CONCLUSION

• If you are alive in this place and time, it’s not a coincidence.
• God chose you even before you were born to fulfill a mission on earth.
• Everyone is a messiah of some sorts.
• The reason the world is so depraved is because many did not respond to the cause for their existence.
• The people who have changed the world have lived selfless lives in order to foster their mission on earth.
• God is looking for you.
• God is trying to get your attention.
• Each one of us is a puzzle in the grand scheme of life designed by God.
• Only by availing ourselves to God can we find true joy and fulfillment in life.

Jeremiah 5:1 ¶ “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

Ezekiel 22:30 “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

• May God never have to repeat it this phrase “But I found no one.” on account of your generation. AMEN!