I'd like to welcome you to our service if you'd like to find your place in Psalms chapter 93, Psalms chapter 93. I trust that you had a good resurrection Sunday. The Lord surely blessed our efforts here and I trust he received all the honor and glory. I'm glad we serve a risen savior and there's hope beyond that great stone and as those ladies made their way to the to the sepulcher, they had something on their mind. And who will help us to get the stone out of the way? Many people are facing stones, great stones, great difficulties, and sometimes it's circumstances in their life that seem insurmountable or unsurpassable, and they need help. And I'm glad there's help through our risen Savior, because when those ladies got to that sepulcher, I tell you, everything changed for them. They found a renewed purpose and renewed strength. They weren't wondering no more. They immediately went and told others about what had happened and what had took place. I'm glad for the hope that we have in Jesus. There's hope beyond. that great stone or whatever it is you're facing in this life. There's hope beyond all that because our Savior is risen. And I thank the Lord that He's interceding for us. And kind of in the same line to tonight's message, I would like for us to look at this word, noise. And Psalms 93 is only five verses. and if you'd like to find your place there, Psalms 93. The title of the message is, What's That Noise? Have you ever been startled by a noise, or even you were afraid because of something that you heard, and it wasn't nothing concrete, it wasn't nothing that could affect you, it was just a noise, but yet, it scared you. And may the Lord help us as we look into this passage tonight and to look to the Lord because He reigns. And that's the first words that we see here, the Lord reigneth. in verse 1, and just remember that no matter what you hear, no matter what comes your way, the Lord reigns, and He's mightier than anything that can come against you. And look to Him. Look to your Deliverer. Don't look to your distress. Look to your Deliverer for help. In Psalms 93, in verse 1, it says, The Lord reigneth. He is clothed with majesty. The Lord is closed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself. The world also established that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old, thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord. forever. As I mentioned, I'm interested in that little word found in verse four, that word noise. It's a short psalm, but it lays out a great truth for us because we live in a day where there's a whole lot of noise going on. If you turn the news on, then there's gonna be a lot of noise coming from your TV set, from these broadcast stations, and there's noise every day of rumors of war. There's noise of dissension. There's noise of division. There's noise of death and noise of destruction. noise of disasters and noise of danger all around and the noise, and it's not even talking about the noise that comes from social media and comes off the internet and how it's distracted and distorted. Many Christians today, they're affected by that noise. for the noise of influencers have captivated the minds and hearts of our young people. Unfortunately, the average young Christian is more caught up with the noise that's coming from the world than they are hearing the word of God. Our young people know more about Hollywood, they know more about Taylor Swift, they know more about who's who on TikTok than they do about Elijah, than they do about Elisha, They know more about this world and everything that's happening in this world. Why? Because they're caught up with some noise. And that's all it is. Hollywood is just a noise. It's just passing through. It's not gonna last. Taylor Swift and all these other music sensations there in the world's eyes, hey, they're just passing through. They're not gonna last. but yet we're caught up with the noise of what's going on around us. But yet we don't know nothing about Elijah and Elisha, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. What do you know about them? I'm talking about something that comes from a book that's forever settled. It's been preserved to every generation, but yet, We spend more time on the temporal things and knowing things that's not gonna help us in this life over knowing the word of God. Our young people, I'm talking about our Christian young people. They know more about the songs that are coming out of Nashville than they do the word of God. It's sad, it's a sad day we're living in. They know more about the latest, greatest singer come out from American Idol than they know about God's word. They're more affected by the noise that comes from the world than they are hearing the word of God. We need a revival today of just turning off the noise in our life and hearing from the Lord. I dare say that if the average Christian was given an ultimatum to choose between their Bible, their Bible, or their cell phone, and everything that comes with that cell phone, social media, and the internet, the entertainment, I wonder, I just wonder which one they'd choose. I wonder which one they'd value more. I know what the answer would be. What do you spend the most time with, your Bible or your phone? You want to see how rebellious your children or grandchildren really are? Do you want to see the rebellion that lies within them? Take their cell phone away. Take away their electronics and watch that rebellion pop up. We've been inundated with so much noise, and here's the sad thing, that we've become numb to what's being said. We're living in the last of the last days. We're living in perilous times. They're all around us, but this psalms right here, this short psalm reminds us that no matter how loud the noise gets around us, that the Lord Reigneth. That word reign means to possess or exercise sovereign power or authority to rule, to hold the supreme power. Sovereign, that word sovereign. You know what that means when it relates to God? It means that God does what he wants to, when he wants to, how he wants to do it, and he does not need your permission to do it. Hey, the Lord reigneth, and what may seem overwhelming to us is but noise to the Lord. Why? Because he is sovereign over everything. Oh, the floodwaters of sin, as we read in our chapter here, how the floods have lifted up, and the floods have come in, and they're just devastating, overwhelming. Here in our country, the floodwaters of sin have overwhelmed our communities, they've overwhelmed our homes. The floodwaters of alcohol and drugs and immorality are destroying families across our country. Oh, the floodwaters of false religions have done more harm to our society than anything else. The floodwaters of worldliness and carnality have infiltrated our churches because they've already overrun the home. There's more Christians today turning away from the doctrines and the traditions that's been handed down to us than they are holding fast to our shame. In 2 Timothy 4 verse 3 it says, for the time will come, and that time is now, that time is here, that they will not endure sound doctrine. They can't take it. They can't take preaching on sin. They can't take preaching on the truth of God's word. But after they're all lost, shall they hate themselves teachers? You know, the thing with teaching, it don't bring much conviction. Now, it's necessary. I mean, we have great Sunday school teachers here, and occasionally I teach from the pulpit as we preach, but can I just say, most of the time, teaching does not bring much conviction. Now, it's important, we need it, we need to learn the Word of God so that we can properly apply it to our lives and rightly divide it. Hey, but can I just say, the preaching of God's Word is what people are running away from. They don't want to hear it. Why? Because it's going to bring conviction on their life. It's going to demand a response from them. And the Bible says that they shall turn away their ears from the truth. And they shall be turned unto fables. And that's what we're living in today, entertainment. You should have seen the sickening things that took place in so-called quote-unquote churches on Resurrection Sunday. The plays that were put on and the shows that were put on, the music that was played that didn't, you wouldn't have, you would have not known you was in a church service had you been there. casual Christianity and a casual approach to the things of God has overrun our churches. There's no difference between the holy and the unholy. I tell you, we're living a day where just anything goes. Hey, someone showed me, like I said, some of what some of these churches did, and I'm telling you, it's scary. It's scary there. Pure entertainment. Hey, the truth is irrelevant. Just whatever feels good to the flesh, that's what they went with. You know, sometimes in our life, as we read through this passage about this noise, sometimes all it takes is the noise of something for us to lose it and get overwhelmed. Well, when COVID first come on the scene, all you had to do is just mention a symptom of COVID. Symptoms that had been around for years. I mean years, but yet you mentioned that symptom, or even mentioned that you knew someone, or sat close to someone, even though you was nowhere near them, but they were exposed to COVID, and I promise you the noise of that caused a pure state of panic among people. And all there was was noise. It was just noise, but yet, all of a sudden, they panicked. Oh, if we're not careful, we'll allow ourselves to become overwhelmed by the noises that we hear. So how do you cope with the noises in our life? And I mean, sometimes those noises, I mean, they can be overwhelming. They can be very daunting in our life. But according to our passage here, the first thing that we notice is if we're gonna cope with the noises in our life and how to deal with these noises, we're gonna have to look to the one who is unaffected by the noise. I mean, totally unaffected. Look at verse four. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Boy, when you go back to that New Testament story when Jesus came to the disciples who were in pure panic there on the sea, And Peter said, hey, bid me come to thee. And Peter got off the boat and he started walking toward Jesus. But at what point did he begin to sink? It's when he allowed himself to be distracted by the noise of the boisterous wind. The Bible says that he saw the wind. Oh, what happened is this. He took his eyes off Jesus. Oh, but did you notice in that story, and many of you know that story, He didn't turn around to the ones on the boat for help. Now what'd he do? Hey, he turned to the only one that could help him, to the only one that was unaffected by what was going on in their life. I'm not gonna find help from somebody who's affected in the same way that I am. No, he called out to Jesus. Why? Because Jesus was unaffected by the wind and the waves. Who are you going to turn to when the noise is... when the floods come into your life, and I mean, and the noise comes, and I'm telling you what, and you're all of a sudden, you're just feeling overwhelmed by the thoughts even, maybe our own thoughts overwhelm. Who you gonna turn to? You gonna turn to someone else that can subject to the same thing as you, or you gonna turn to the one that's mightier? Mightier than the noise that surrounds you. When the noisest noises of this life appear to overwhelm us, then we must look to the one who's mightier than the noise of many waters. Boy, how often do you catch yourself looking at the distress in your life instead of looking at the deliverer? You know, something happens, and boy, all of a sudden, the panic sets in, and things are happening in our life, and you look to your wallet. Well, you look to your own understanding. You look to your own abilities, and you're trying to start figuring things out to your own, you look at your own wisdom, and your own understanding, and our own limitations even. You will look to that. where we ought to be looking to the Lord. Why? Because he's mightier than the voices of many water. The Lord reigneth, his throne is established of old. That word established means set. There's no panic in heaven. It's fixed firmly, it's founded, it's ordained, it's enacted, it's confirmed. When we're overwhelmed by the noise of many waters, then we'd better look to the one who is unaffected by that noise. Number two, we'd better heed the voice of the one who is unaffected by the noise. Because you can either listen to that noise and be miserable and have no hope, or you can turn to his voice and hear what he has to say. Look at verse five. He says, thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever. Let me read you this quote from the Treasury of David. It says, O learn, therefore, to try God in his strength, to trust him in difficulties, And when the merciless waves are ready to swallow thee, commit thyself to his custody. The mariner in straits looks up to heaven, do thou so. And remember that when the waters of affliction are never so high, yet the Lord on high is mightier than the... than they. Where do you get confidence in these times of trouble when the noises of this life seem to overwhelm you? You're gonna have to go to something that's sure. You're gonna have to go to something that's unmovable. You're gonna have to go to something that stood the test of time. You better turn to his voice. You better turn to him. You better turn to the word of God. If you would, turn to Psalms chapter 119. Psalms 119 and verse 14. Many times in this Psalm, you're gonna find the word testimonies. He says, thy testimonies are sure. What's he talking about? Hey, pastor, you don't understand all these different things. I'm hearing all these things, but hey, what are you gonna focus on? You wanna focus on something that is sure or just something that you're hearing that's just passing by? In Psalms 119, 14, it says, I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as much as in all riches. Oh, let me tell you something. In this life, you're gonna face different noises. There's gonna be floods that are gonna come into your life, floods of sadness and floods of hurt and floods of pain and discouragement. I'm telling you, it's gonna overwhelm your soul. But what are you gonna do in those days? I'm gonna tell you, if you ever tried to stand in the flood, you ain't gonna stand long, but you can stand on the word of God. Even though it may feel like you're being overwhelmed in your life by the floods and circumstances and distractions and even the heartaches of this life, just know that his testimony is a sure place for you to run to. Hey, you just run to the word of God. Why, because there's joy in the way of his testimonies. You'll find that God's word will bring you joy in the difficulties and the hurts of life. In verse 22 it says, remove me from reproach and contempt for I have kept thy testimonies. That word remove means take me out of it. That means he's gotten into it. That means somebody has reproached him. Someone has brought contempt toward him. But this is what he says. I have kept thy testimonies. What are you going to do when the noise of reproach and contempt comes into your life? In 2 Timothy 3.12 it says, Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions, what you gonna do when the noises of opposition, the noise of criticism, the noise of false accusers, the noise of private men and women and the voice of even family members and voices of church members cut you to pieces, what are you gonna do? How you gonna handle that? I'm gonna tell you, you better keep his testimonies. You better just keep serving God. Oh, because if not, you'll allow yourself to be overwhelmed by those floodwaters when they come. And it's going to carry you away from where you was at. But when the devil comes to you and tells you, hey, you're not worthy, Hey, you're a weak Christian. He comes to you and says you're a failure. Hey, you're just a sinner. Hey, you're not the Christian that you think you are. Hey, I'm going to tell you what you're going to do when those times come. I'm going to tell you, you better just keep his testimonies. Hey, you just keep living for God. Why? Because he reigns. You better remind the devil who you serve. You don't serve him. You serve the one that reigns. You're serving the one whose throne is established of old. You're serving the one that is mightier than the noise of many waters. You just tell that old devil that all he is is noise. He's just noise. Turn to Romans chapter eight. Romans chapter eight, verse 33. Boy, this is what you give him right here. Remember, you gotta go to his testimonies. That's sure, this is where you're gonna find help. This is what's gonna help you stand when you're feeling overwhelmed and the floods of this life have just taken over. You better turn to his testimonies because they're sure. In Romans 8, 33, it says, who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We're accounted as sheep for the slaughter, Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Christ, through him that loved us. For I'm persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Hey, can I just remind you that when it feels like the floods of this life are overwhelming you, you better go to Romans chapter eight and be reminded that there's nothing that can come against you unless this went through our Lord. And he's allowed into your life for a very specific reason. And nothing will separate you from the love of God. Oh, turn to Job. Turn with me to Job chapter 23. Boy, what did Job say when he had lost everything? I mean, and his wife and his friends had brought reproach and contempt on him. That's all they did. They reproached him and brought contempt. What do you do when the noise just comes in as a flood and you think that's all he heard? What did he do? In Job 23 in verse 8 it says, Behold, I go forward, but he's not there. And backward, but I cannot perceive him. On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him. He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. but he knoweth the way that I take. And when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps. His way have I kept and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandments of his lips. I have esteemed the words of his mouth. more than my necessary food. Do you see what kept Job going through the most difficult times of his life? And though he was reproached, and though contempt was brought against him, he just kept God's word, and he esteemed the words of his mouth more than his necessary food. And I'm gonna tell you, it kept Job going. and it'll keep you going as well. Go back to Psalms 119, Psalms 119, verse 24, it says, thy testimony also are my delight. And that's not just in the good times, that's in the bad times. And my counselors, you need wisdom. Do you have something in your life that you need wisdom? You need instruction? You need direction? You need advice? You need counsel? You better go to his testimonies. Why? Because they're sure his word has never failed. In verse 31 it says, I have stuck unto thy testimonies, O Lord, put me not to shame. Verse 36, incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness. And verse 46, I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed. Verse 59 says, I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. Verse 79 says, let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Hey, if you keep his testimonies, then it'll put you in association with some of the best people that you've ever met. God's people are the best people. Hey, we're not without flaws. We are not perfect. but we are part of the same family. Hey, the best friends that I've ever had are saved people who were living for the Lord. Oh, in Psalms 119.95, it says, the wicked have waited for me to destroy me. Well, what you gonna do when those noises and those floodwaters come against you? This is what the psalmist says, but I will consider Thy testimonies. In verse 99, it says, I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation. Verse 111 says, Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. In Psalms 119, verse 119, it says, Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore, I love thy testimonies. He's on the right side of things, if you notice that. In verse 125, it says, I am thy servant. Give me understanding that I may know Thy testimonies, verse 129 says, thy testimonies are wonderful, therefore doth my soul keep them. Verse 138 says, thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. I promise you that when the floods come into your life and it seems like the noise of this life of circumstances and distress comes your way, you'll find help in the word of God. You'll find that he is what he said he is and his promises are true. In verse 144 it says, the righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting. Hey, give me understanding and I shall Oh, verse 146 says, I cried unto thee, save me, I shall keep thy testimonies. Hey, I tell you, he'll help you, and then he'll help you keep his testimonies. In verse 152, it says, concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them forever. In verse 157, it says, many are my persecutors and mine enemies, yet do I not decline. from thy testimonies. Hey, my soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies for all my ways are before thee. Hey, how are you going to survive the noise of many waters? I'm going to tell you how you do it. You make much of the word of God. Hey, you make much of the things of God. You make much of the one that reigneth. You set your eyes on the one whose throne is established of old. Hey, you go and get your strength from him. Why? Because he's mightier. He's mightier than the noise of many waters. That's what David said when he faced Goliath. Hey, he said, I hear the noise down there. I hear what that uncircumcised Philistine is saying about my God. Hey, but I know one that's stronger than him, and by his grace and through his strength, he'll give me the victory today. Why? Because he's mighty. than the noise of many waters. Hey, no matter what comes your way, no matter how many people turn their ears from the truth and are turned unto fables and leave the faith, no matter how many Christians turn away from the truth of God's word, you just keep trusting God's word. In an unsettled world, there's one thing that's sure. He said, thy testimonies are very sure. What's gonna happen in America this election year? What's gonna take place? And I mean, I've already heard noise about different things that's gonna happen. I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm just gonna trust God's word. Why? Because his testimonies are very sure. And then it goes on to say, holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever. In verse five, I'm gonna read you a closing quote here from the treasury of David. on verse five. Thy testimonies are very sure. As in providence, the throne of God is fixed beyond all risk. So in revelation, his truth is beyond all question. Other teachings are uncertain, but the revelations of heaven are infallible. As the rocks remain unmoved amid the tumult of the sea, So does divine truth resist all the currents of man's opinion and the storms of human controversy. They are not only sure, but the Bible says they are very sure. Glory be to God, we have not been deluded by a cunningly devised fable. Our faith is grounded upon the eternal truth of the Most High God. And then that last part of the verse, it says, holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever. Truth changes not in doctrines, which are very sure. But get this, nor holiness in its precepts, which are incorruptible. The teaching and the character of God are both unaltered. God has not admitted evil to dwell with him. He will not tolerate it in his house. The church must remain unchanged and forever be holiness unto the Lord. Sacred unto the Lord is the church of Jesus Christ, and so shall she be kept forevermore. The Lord reigneth. Jehovah reigns is the first words and the main doctrine of this psalm. And if you notice that holiness is the final result. A due esteem for the great king will lead us to adopt a behavior becoming his royal presence. The whole psalm is most impressive and is calculated to comfort the distressed, confirm those who are destitute of courage, and to assist the devout. No matter what happens to you personally or what happens even in our country or across the world, don't ever forget the Lord reigneth. His throne is established of old. He is mightier than the noise of many waters. Here in our country, this year could possibly be the most devastating year we've ever faced. But we must not succumb to the noise of many waters. Why? Because God is mightier than those. Maybe you're suffering some reproach or contempt tonight. Go to His Word and just find comfort in the fact that your advocate, Jesus Christ, is interceding on your behalf with the Father. Listen to what He has to say over the voice or noises of many waters. Whatever flood may come into your life, Can I just remind you that there is a God in heaven that is mightier than they are. Don't spend too much time stressing, evaluating your distress. Just look to the one who is gonna lift you up and deliver you.