PSALM CHAPTER 50
~~ How Great Is The Power of God’s Spoken Word ? ~~
1. HE BROUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE OF CREATION. V. 1
A. HE BROUGHT THE EARTH INTO BEING. HEBREWS 11:3,
2 PETER 3:5, GENESIS 1:3,6,9,11. GENESIS 1:28.
B. HE BROUGHT THE SUN INTO BEING.
C. HE CREATED THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY OPERATE.
GENESIS 1:14. COLOSSIANS 1:16-17…THEIR
OPERATION DEPENDS TOTALLY UPON HIM.
D. HIS WORD DOES NOT LOSE ITS POWER OVER TIME.
—JESUS—THE WORD OF GOD. GENESIS 15:1,4. JOHN 1:1.
—MOSES TO GIVE HIS WORD. NUMBERS 20:8.
—CENTURION UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF HIS WORD.
MATTHEW 8:8.
—PHILIP GIVEN THE WORD, AND THE MIRACULOUS
HAPPENED. ACTS 8:26-39.
—WE ARE MADE NEW BY THE WORD. 1 PETER 1:23.
—WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY TO USE HIS WORD.
LUKE 17:6.
>EVEN DANGEROUS FOODS CHANGED BY THE WORD.
1 TIM. 4:4-5.
2. BY HIS OWN WORD HE WILL BRING FORTH HIS PEOPLE.
A. PICTURE OF THE RESURRECTION OF HIS PEOPLE (RAPTURE)
CALLING ABOVE & BELOW. V. 3. 1 THES. 4:16, PS. 47:5.
B. COMMAND TO (?) TO GATHER HIS PEOPLE. V.5.
—GOD CAN USE INSTRUMENTS TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WORK.
3. HE REALLY DOESN’T NEED US, ONLY HIS WORD. 7-13.
A. ANIMAL SACRIFICES ARE ALREADY HIS. V. 8-9. HEB. 10:5-8.
B. OTHER SACRIFICES ARE FROM HIS OWN SUPPLY.
WHAT TYPE OF SACRIFICE DOES HE WANT, THEN ?
OUR OWN BODIES BY OUR OWN CHOICE. ROMANS 12:1-2,
PHILIPPIANS 2:17.
TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR BEING. MARK 12:33.
DOING GOOD AND COMMUNICATING. HEBREWS 13:16.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOST—GOD’S MESSAGE.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE SAVED—ADMONISHING—
ROM. 15:14, EDIFYING 1 THES. 5:11, EXHORTING HEB. 13:3.
A WIDE VARIETY OF SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES. 1 PETER 2:5.
FERVENT, SACRIFICIAL PRAYER. PHILIPPIANS 2:25-30.
C. BY HIS WORD HE WILL DELIVER US FROM TROUBLES.
PS. 34:17. DEUT. 31:17—THE REASON FOR TROUBLES.
—WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO OFFER SACRIFICES. EZEK. 43:17.
—WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO BELIEVE HIM AT HIS WORD.
PS. 130:5, REQUIRES ACTION—ACTS 2:41.
4. BY HIS WORD HE PROMISES JUDGMENT UPON THE WICKED.
A. THEY KNOW HIS WAYS. ROMANS 1:20. HOLINESS ?
B. THEY DON’T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT HIS WORD MEANS. V. 17.
ROMANS 1:28. 2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4.
C. THEY JOIN WITH OTHER EVIL-DOERS. ROMANS 1:32.
—GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION. V. 18. EPHESIANS 5:11.
—GUILTY BY THEIR WORDS. V. 19.
—GUILTY THROUGH THE EVIL USE OF THEIR WORDS. V.20.
D. GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY WAITED. ACTS 14:16.
5. BY HIS WORD HE OFFERS FORGIVENESS AND NEW LIFE. V.23.