The Eternal Refuge
Sam. 2 22:1-19 A refuge is a place of safety, it is a protection against danger. Our nation seeks for refuge. I: God is our eternal refuge. 1. Adam and Eve were provided a refuge. 2. Jacob found God was his refuge. 3. Moses recommended God: “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 33:27. 4. Cities of refuge were provided in the promised land. 5. God is a refuge for time and eternity. II: David sang a song of his refuge. 1. A rock, a fortress, and a deliverer. vs. 2 2. A shield, horn of salvation, high tower, a refuge. 3. The refuge of God is safety against: a. Enemies. b. The waves of death. c. The sorrows of hell. III: The False Refuges of Men. 1. The refuge of the works. 2. The refuge of false religion....
It Bites Like an Adder
Proverbs 20:1, 23:29-31 I: Nations poisoned by its bite: 1. Ancient Egypt (600). 2. Persia and Cyrus – wine as a weapon – Babylon. 3. Grace and her great men. 4. Israel’s failure. 5. The Roman Empire – Herod and John the Baptist. 6. France – milk or wine. II: The family and the individual: 1. Noah and his boys. 2. The sons and daughters of Job. 3. Eli and his sons. III: The Finished Product: No respect for rich or poor, male or female, young or old. 1. The broken home – children pay. 2. The lost job and ability. 3. The death of the innocent. 4. The crowded Hospitals and Institutions. 5. The early grave the Paupers widow. It is not smart, social, or wise to defy God’s...
O Lord God, Remember Me
Judges 16:21-31, Luke 23:39-45 Context: Samson played with sin until it became his Master. I: Three things sin did to Samson. 1. Sin blinded him. a. His eyes were burned out. b. Physical darkness came after spiritual darkness. c. “If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out.” 2. Sin “bound him with fetters of brass.” a. Sin binds men stronger than chains. b. The demon possessed man could brake the chains of men, but it took Jesus to break the chains of sin. c. For 18 yrs. a woman was bound by sin, but Jesus set her free. 3. Sin made him a slave and a prisoner. a. “He did grind in the prison house.” b. He made money for his captors. c. Sin will demand that men become its slave. (Somber shadows). II: “Howbeit the hair of his...
How Long Halt Ye?
Kings 1 18:, Joshua 24:14-15 I: There are times when we can no longer go undecided: 1. Joshua in his old age challenged Israel to a definite stand. 2. Gedions army was not ready to do Gods will until those that were afraid were sent home. 3. Elijah called for the people to serve one or the other. 4. Jesus saw many turn away and then asked the apostles if they too would do. 5. John spoke of some: a. “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made minifest that they were not all of us.” John 1 2:19. b. “I beseech you, Brethern, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which we have learned; and avoid...
If Jesus should Come
Matthew 24:42-51 I: He comes when not expected. 1. He came to Abraham in the heat of the day. 2. He came to Jacob in a dream. 3. He appeared to Moses in a burning bush. 4. He called David to account at a time he didn’t expect it. 5. He caught Ahab in a stolen vineyard. 6. He broke up the drunken party of King Belshazzar. 7. He came to the rich fool as he lay in bed making plans for new barns. 8. He struck Herod with worms at the close of a great speech. II: He may call you when you don’t expect him. 1. He may find you in a place you ought not to be. 2. He may find you in a mood you ought not to be in. 3. He may find you talking things you ought not. 4. He may find you with things that are not yours. 5. He may find you with a cold heart and a lazy...