PSALM CHAPTER 44
The Importance of A Testimony:
It Is The Gift That Continues To Bless !
1. GODLY TESTIMONY REQUIRES AN ACTUAL EVENT. V.1.
WHAT GOD DID. REQUIRED. DEUT. 8:2.
WHAT BROUGHT GLORY TO HIM. DEUT., 32:7-8.
WHAT ACCOUNTING DO WE HAVE FOR SUCH THINGS ?
ROMANS 14:2. THE TRUTH WILL BE THERE.
A. FAITHFULNESS NEEDED BY THOSE WHO PASS IT ON.
—CANNOT FOCUS ON THE WRONG. NUMBERS 11:5.
—MUST HAVE THE FEAR OF THE LORD. PS. 66:16.
—MUST HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH.
2 THES. 2:10. LOVE OF THE TRUTH IS LOST TODAY.
—ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TODAY. 2 TIMOTHY 4:4.
B. FAITHFULNESS NEEEDED BY THOSE WHO HEAR. JAS 1:19.
2. FAITHFULNESS OF THE TESTIMONY. V.2.
A. THE HISTORIC SECURITY. EPH. 4:29.
THE LOGOS. PS. 119:140. PURITY OF THE WRITTEN WORD.
THE RHEMA. PS. 119:160. HEBREW EQUIV TO RHEMA.
THE WORD OF PEOPLE. ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING
NEW. ACTS 17:21.
WHICH SHOULD WE BELIEVE ?
CAN WE TELL BETWEEN THEM ? I KINGS 3:9 (ASK),
HEBREWS 4:12 (COMP TO THE WRITTEN WORD).
B. THE ABSOLUTE GOAL—BRING ALL GLORY TO THE LORD !
V. 3. 1 COR. 6:20.
WHY SHOULD WE WHEN PEOPLE
DON’T RESPOND TODAY ?
1 PETER 2:12.
OUR LIVES ARE SHORT AS IT IS. FOCUS ! JAMES 4:14.
ALL GOOD THINGS WERE BROUGHT BY GOD.
GENESIS 17:8, EX. 23:22-29.
EVERY GOOD THING IS FROM GOD. JAMES 1:17.
GOD OFTEN USES PEOPLE TO BRING GOOD THINGS
ABOUT. V. 4-8. EPHESIANS 4:11,12, LEV. 25:55,
JER. 26:5, 2 PETER 1:1.
3. TESTIMONY IS THE OUTWARD EVIDENCE OF A COVENANT. V. 4—7.
A. IT IS MADE WITH GOD. THAT MAKES IT THE HIGHEST TYPE.
TITUS 1:2. GOD CANNOT LIE. ROMANS 11:29.
B. IT GIVES A PROMISE ON GOD’S PART AND OURS.
—GOD WILL DELIVER. V. 4-5. LUKE 4:18.
—THERE ARE ENEMIES FROM WHOM WE NEED
DELIVERENCE. ROMANS 15:31.
*DIFFICULT CONCEPT IN EASY TIME. MATT. 6:13, GAL. 1:4.
—WE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN GOD. V. 6. JAS. 1:6-7,
2 COR. 1:24, ROMANS 5:1-2.
C. WE MUST DEPEND UPON GOD TO DO HIS PART. V. 6.
—WE CAN DO NOTHING OF OURSELVES. JOHN 15:5.
—WHEN WE DEPEND ON THE LORD, WE ARE STRONG.
2 COR. 12:10.
4. A GOOD TESTIMONY CLEARLY GIVES CREDIT TO GOD. V. 8
A. NEITHER WE NOR OUR OWN PLANS ARE WORTHY.
PROV. 27:1, JAMES 4:16, ISAIAH 10:15,
B. BOASTING IN OURSELVES IS FORBIDDEN BY FACTS.
ROMANS 3:27.
5. A TESTIMONY OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IS VALID EVEN
IN TIMES OF GREAT TROUBLES. V.9-17.
A. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE AREN’T SEEING ?
I COR. 13:12, REV. 3:17 (BLIND ?).
—OUR OWN SINS ARE WORTHY TO BE JUDGED.
HEB. 12:4-7, 1 COR. 11:30-33.
>CAN A LACK OF FAITH BE CAUSE OF CHASTENING ?
>ARE ACTIONS THE ONLY THINGS BEING JUDGED NOW ?
—THAT WE SEE ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE, NOT ALL.
2 PETER 1:9, JOB 29:14-25.
—THAT THE TROUBLES ARE WORKING OUT THINGS FOR
THE BETTER IN WAYS THAT GOD ALONE SEES.
ROMANS 8:28.
6. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TESTIMONY FAILS TO
MATERIALIZE ? V. 20-26. JAMES 4:17
A. GOD KNOWS ABOUT ANY FAILURE. V. 21. MATT. 12:36.
HOW SHOULD THIS AFFECT US ? LUKE 22:62, JOHN 21:17,
2 TIM. 2:4, I JOHN 3:21-22.
B. SEEMING LOSSES APPEAR TO HAVE NO GOOD REASON
TO THE UNFOCUSED. V. 22. MATT. 13:13.
C. PEOPLE THINK GOD HAS GONE TO SLEEP, WHEN IN FACT,
THEY HAVE FAILED TO CONNECT. V. 23. MARK 4:38.