By Apostle André Pelser.
There have been some wonderful testimonies over the last few weeks in our Church. We give God all the glory! Brother Leslie Barberry testified how he led a Muslim lady to the Lord. She had an issue of blood for many years and came to him to ask for prayer. Within 3 days the issue of blood stopped – just like it happened in the Bible! The Doctors confirmed the healing and the woman is now a child of God. We had testimonies of more healing, protection, provision for jobs. God is good!
Components of God’s Great Composition
When God created the universe and the sun and the moon and the galaxies the morning stars sang together. (Job 38:7) The Hebrew word for ‘compose’ is ‘shoor’ and it means, to go about, stroll around, singing like a minstrel or troubadour. The Greek word for ‘compose’ is ‘soong-kerannomee’ meaning to co-mingle, mix with or combine.
When they tempered their flour cakes with oil in the Old Testament, they anointed it with oil. (Exodus 29:2) The word ‘temper’ is ‘bahal’ and it speaks of mingling oneself with or fade into something, giving until it overflows. Another way of putting it is to say you ‘season it with salt.’ To temper together, in Hebrew, is, ‘mawlahk’, and it depicts rubbing together till it disappears like dust. (Exodus 30:35)
God’s great composition began when He created the universe and the earth and all that dwells in it, but the climax was when He created man from the dust of the earth. Dust is shapeless, so He picked the early morning when the dew came up out of the ground and wet the earth. The dust became clay. You can shape something with clay. Adam means ‘red dust’.
As the earth was void and without form, so man was dust without form. God formed the earth with a Word from His mouth, but He made man with His own hands. He looked at the whole of creation and saw that it was good, but there was nothing that could relate to Him. So, God made man in His own image in order to commune with him. He made man to sing His redemption song along with the morning stars that sang together.
But man chose to sing another song. He decided to sing a song of sin and decay, of lust and corruption, of violence and destruction. He willfully chose to sing the song of the devil.
Lucifer was in charge of music in heaven. Music was found in Him. He was Mr. Music in charge of praise and worship around the throne. Then pride entered his heart and he said: ‘I will put my throne above God’s throne!’ He wanted the angels to worship him instead. But God cast him and all the angels that followed him out of heaven forever and cast them down to earth. Their eternal destiny is hell and torment. The devil hi-jacked music and is still doing so today, getting people to sing his songs instead of worshipping God. (Ezekiel 28:14-19; Isaiah 14: 12 – 15) Lucifer was once called the son of the morning, or day star, but now he has been brought low and is called the devil.
When man chose to sing the song of the devil, God’s song became quiet. God’s great composition was no longer being sung. The song was no longer heard. It seemed that the great Composer was at a loss: the words no longer rhymed, the composition no longer came together, the chord sequences did not fit, every instrument played in a different key and the rhythm was disjointed. It was no longer a beautiful symphony, but a cacophony of sounds and tingling cymbals.
It became quiet in the universe. Then, when no one expected it, someone stepped forward and announced: ‘I will go and restore your song, Father!’ It was God’s own Son, Jesus Christ, who willingly gave Himself to restore His Father’s composition. He took our sinful natures upon Himself so that we might partake of his divine nature. He put the finishing touches on God’s composition on the cross of Calvary. In His darkest moment He cried: ‘It is finished!’ He announced that the Great Composer’s composition was finally completed! He said, ‘Father, your song is finished. You can sing your song now
