Thursday, April 13, 2006
At Thy Word We Will
AT THY WORD WE WILL
Text: Luke 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Intro: Describe the scene of the disappointed fishermen. A night of labor with nothing to show for it.
I.The seeming impossibility of the task.
Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
A.The rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Neh 4:6 So built we the wall; andall the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for thepeople had a mind to work.
B.The helplessness of the disciples alone. Master, we perish!
C. Paul, without me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
D.The impossible tasks we face. missions, building, witnessing, etc.
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
II.At Thy Word We Will!
A. We will take up our cross. Every success in service begins here.
B. We will be soul winners.
Pro 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
C. We will go forward in missions.
D. We will keep ourselves and our church unspotted.
1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
E. We will work at whatever task he sets us.
Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
III. The obedience demanded.
A.Why call me Lord and do not--
Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
B. It is required of a steward that a man be found faithful--
1 Cor 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
C. That a church should contend for the faith.
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
D. All men everywhere, to repent!
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
IV. Refusal to obey always brings disaster and disappointment.
Luke 19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
Luke 19:21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Luke 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Luke 19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Luke 19:24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
V. Obedience IS victory! Just to know we did what He commanded. Success? By whose standards? By man's standards, Jesus was a colossal failure!
volunteers for God
Text: Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall Isend, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Intro: What are we [as a church] doing here? What is our purpose? Is it really worth while? Are we doing that which is pleasing to God? How about as individuals?
Isaiah saw a need for a messenger from God to His people. He saw his own unworthiness. He experienced God's cleansing and preparation. Finally he volunteered his services.
I.The need for volunteers.
A.God has always chosen to work through man.
B.Those whose names are recorded in the tribute to the faithful arethose who volunteered to serve.
1.Balaam spoke the truth in his prophecy, yet the only thing said of him in the New Testament is derogatory.
2.Jonah did a remarkable work in Ninevah, yet his very name is synonymous with refusal to serve.
C. God still needs volunteers in His service.
1.He has chosen to save men by the foolishness of preaching..
1Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom
knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save
them that believe.
2. Can only be done by a preacher.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
3.We are laborers together with God.
1 Cor 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
II.The outward look to see the need.
A.The urgency.
John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months,and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes,and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
B. Hear the 'Macedonian Cry'.
Acts 16:9 And a vision appeared toPaul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him,saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
C. Without this vision people will perish.
Prov 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law,happy is he.
III. The Inward look. See the personal responsibility.
A. Each lost person must see the need for a PERSONAL salvation.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
B. Each child of God must see his personal responsibility to Christ.
John 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come,what is that to thee? follow thou me.
1.Paul's expression of this truth.
1 Cor 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me;yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1Cor 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Rom 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians;both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Rom 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
IV.For what will YOU volunteer?
A.Accept Christ or reject him? It is your choice.
B.Follow him in baptism or live in rebellion?
C.Present your body a living sacrifice ?
D.Serve him in His Church or try to rob Him of his glory?
Intro: What are we [as a church] doing here? What is our purpose? Is it really worth while? Are we doing that which is pleasing to God? How about as individuals?
Isaiah saw a need for a messenger from God to His people. He saw his own unworthiness. He experienced God's cleansing and preparation. Finally he volunteered his services.
I.The need for volunteers.
A.God has always chosen to work through man.
B.Those whose names are recorded in the tribute to the faithful arethose who volunteered to serve.
1.Balaam spoke the truth in his prophecy, yet the only thing said of him in the New Testament is derogatory.
2.Jonah did a remarkable work in Ninevah, yet his very name is synonymous with refusal to serve.
C. God still needs volunteers in His service.
1.He has chosen to save men by the foolishness of preaching..
1Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom
knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save
them that believe.
2. Can only be done by a preacher.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
3.We are laborers together with God.
1 Cor 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
II.The outward look to see the need.
A.The urgency.
John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months,and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes,and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
B. Hear the 'Macedonian Cry'.
Acts 16:9 And a vision appeared toPaul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him,saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
C. Without this vision people will perish.
Prov 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law,happy is he.
III. The Inward look. See the personal responsibility.
A. Each lost person must see the need for a PERSONAL salvation.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
B. Each child of God must see his personal responsibility to Christ.
John 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come,what is that to thee? follow thou me.
1.Paul's expression of this truth.
1 Cor 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me;yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1Cor 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Rom 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians;both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Rom 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
IV.For what will YOU volunteer?
A.Accept Christ or reject him? It is your choice.
B.Follow him in baptism or live in rebellion?
C.Present your body a living sacrifice ?
D.Serve him in His Church or try to rob Him of his glory?
The Law Of Moses
THE LAW OF MOSES
Lesson: II Cor 3:6 - 11 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
II Cor 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was done away;
II Cor 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
II Cor 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
II Cor 3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
II Cor 3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
The plan of salvation has never changed. God has always saved man by grace through faith,
(Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.) but He has changed His methods of dealing with man and He has changed the people through whom He reaches the lost. When He changed His people, (turning to the gentiles through the church, because of the disobedience of Israel) he changed the rules or laws which governed them.
I. The Law of Moses
A. It was from God. Lev. 26:46
Lev 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
B. It came through Moses.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
C. It was given to Israel as a nation
Lev 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Psa 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children
D. The purpose of the Law
1. To provide civil government to God's chosen nation
Deu 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment:
Deu 17:10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
Deu 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Acts 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Acts 24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Acts 24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. (laws of one nation are not applicable in another)
2. Added because of transgression
Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. .
3. It was a schoolmaster
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster..
4. It could not bring righteousness
Heb 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5. It served as a mouth-stopper
Rom 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.(showed them their transgressions)
6. None ever justified by the law
Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
II The duration of the law
1. It was to last till fulfilled
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
2. Until John
Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
3. Till the promised seed should come.
Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
4. Christ fulfilled and blotted it out on the cross.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ..
III What about those who try to keep the law today?
1. Debtor to do the whole law!
Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Gal 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them..
2. To offend in one point makes one guilty of it all.
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
3. To try to keep the law in order to be saved is to reject Christ who kept it for us.
Gal 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Christ kept it completely,
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. yet He paid the penalty for us who were guilty of it;
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
and now since we are dead and our lives are hid with Christ in God
Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God
The law CANNOT touch us!
Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Lesson: II Cor 3:6 - 11 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
II Cor 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was done away;
II Cor 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
II Cor 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
II Cor 3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
II Cor 3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
The plan of salvation has never changed. God has always saved man by grace through faith,
(Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.) but He has changed His methods of dealing with man and He has changed the people through whom He reaches the lost. When He changed His people, (turning to the gentiles through the church, because of the disobedience of Israel) he changed the rules or laws which governed them.
I. The Law of Moses
A. It was from God. Lev. 26:46
Lev 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
B. It came through Moses.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
C. It was given to Israel as a nation
Lev 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Psa 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children
D. The purpose of the Law
1. To provide civil government to God's chosen nation
Deu 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment:
Deu 17:10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
Deu 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Acts 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Acts 24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Acts 24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. (laws of one nation are not applicable in another)
2. Added because of transgression
Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. .
3. It was a schoolmaster
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster..
4. It could not bring righteousness
Heb 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5. It served as a mouth-stopper
Rom 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.(showed them their transgressions)
6. None ever justified by the law
Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
II The duration of the law
1. It was to last till fulfilled
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
2. Until John
Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
3. Till the promised seed should come.
Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
4. Christ fulfilled and blotted it out on the cross.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ..
III What about those who try to keep the law today?
1. Debtor to do the whole law!
Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Gal 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them..
2. To offend in one point makes one guilty of it all.
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
3. To try to keep the law in order to be saved is to reject Christ who kept it for us.
Gal 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Christ kept it completely,
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. yet He paid the penalty for us who were guilty of it;
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
and now since we are dead and our lives are hid with Christ in God
Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God
The law CANNOT touch us!
Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
HOPE, EAGER ANTICIPATION
READING: Rom. 8:16-27 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are notworthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Following the new birth we become MORE than mortal souls with temporal hopes!
V 16,
1. We are the children of God.
V 17. That which is born by natural descent.
1.Heirs in the sense of a special lot NOW.
2.Joint heirs.
IF we suffer = To be affected by; good or bad
IF we suffer = ie ; to share his desires And dislikes!
3. THEN shall we share his glorification!
PSALM 8
8:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Then we shall share his glorification.
Col. 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.1 Peter 5:4 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1 John 3:2 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
V 18. A little pain, a lot of gain!
2 Cor. 4:17 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
1 Peter 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
V 19-22 All creation shares our despairs and hopes.
V 19. earnest expectation = to lean forward in expectation.
The glory revealed in us.
As vv 18 -20. Man’s sin brought chaos, righteousness in Christ brings peace.
V-23. Here is why God’s people are so agitated by the world; TheHoly Spirit struggles like a child in the womb.!
Vv 24-25. Hope keeps us going.
2 Cor. 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Heb. 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen
V- 26-27. The Spirit reaches out in ways we but dimly perceive.
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are notworthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Following the new birth we become MORE than mortal souls with temporal hopes!
V 16,
1. We are the children of God.
V 17. That which is born by natural descent.
1.Heirs in the sense of a special lot NOW.
2.Joint heirs.
IF we suffer = To be affected by; good or bad
IF we suffer = ie ; to share his desires And dislikes!
3. THEN shall we share his glorification!
PSALM 8
8:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Then we shall share his glorification.
Col. 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.1 Peter 5:4 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1 John 3:2 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
V 18. A little pain, a lot of gain!
2 Cor. 4:17 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
1 Peter 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
V 19-22 All creation shares our despairs and hopes.
V 19. earnest expectation = to lean forward in expectation.
The glory revealed in us.
As vv 18 -20. Man’s sin brought chaos, righteousness in Christ brings peace.
V-23. Here is why God’s people are so agitated by the world; TheHoly Spirit struggles like a child in the womb.!
Vv 24-25. Hope keeps us going.
2 Cor. 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Heb. 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen
V- 26-27. The Spirit reaches out in ways we but dimly perceive.
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