1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,680 You're listening to Key Life Fellowships Pulpit ministry 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880 podcast. We thank you for tuning in as we 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,280 learn from God's Word together. If you would like more 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,720 information regarding Key Life or to speak with one of our 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,920 pastors, please visit us at keylifefellow-ship.com. 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:28,600 Hey man, isn't it true that His word is a lamp unto our feet and 7 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,840 a light unto our paths? And I am thankful for that as I 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,680 know many of you are thankful of that as well. 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,200 I pray as we have been studying just that for the last several 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:46,160 months and looking at Psalm 119 in a series entitled Living Life 11 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:49,600 in the Light of God's Word. I pray that you are earnestly 12 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:56,400 and intentionally doing that, living your life in light of the 13 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,560 scriptures, in light of what the Word of God does truly proclaim 14 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,440 and declare. Ji Packer said this. 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,600 He said life must be seen and lived in the light of God's 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:15,160 Word. This and nothing less is true 17 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:20,040 religion. This and nothing less is true 18 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,560 religion meaning this if we are not living. 19 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,360 Our life. In light of God's Word, we are 20 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:33,280 not in reality living what the Christian life is intended for 21 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,840 us to live. So Ji Packer making that known. 22 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,240 So as we continue learning from Psalm 119 about what it means to 23 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,280 live life in light of God's Word, let us turn there in our 24 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:48,800 Bibles. But let us turn there with our 25 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,120 hearts and let us really see what the psalmist is going to 26 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,640 teach us today. Under the 12th letter of the 27 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,680 Hebrew alphabet, lamed. And that is the 12th letter. 28 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,840 And we know that there's going to be a corresponding 8 verses 29 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,080 as we have seen this pattern all throughout the 119th Psalm. 30 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,199 What He's going to be teaching us today and what He's going to 31 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,320 draw our attention to is the eternal Word of God, but more 32 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,640 accurately put the eternality of the Word of God. 33 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,720 And it's important that we understand that the Word of God 34 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:29,800 is eternal because God himself is eternal. 35 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,160 He's eternal in all of His facets. 36 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,960 He has no beginning, He has no end, He always has been. 37 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,880 That's why he can confidently declare in Revelation one verse 38 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:44,120 8, I am the alpha and the Omega says the Lord God who is and who 39 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,080 was and who is to come the Almighty. 40 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,720 He can declare that about himself that he is the one who 41 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:57,080 was, who is and who is to come that in eternity past he always 42 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,640 existed. Even now he exists and he will 43 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:07,120 exist for all eternity future. Now in knowing that we must also 44 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,120 learn that his word is eternal just the same. 45 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:16,280 And in seeing that we're going to see great benefits and and 46 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,520 great rewards that we reap from the eternality of the word of 47 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,960 God. Because I know you have to ask 48 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,000 yourself, why is this so important? 49 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,720 Why is it so important that we know that God's word is eternal? 50 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,560 Let me make this real clear for you today. 51 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,440 There are many things that you could hold in your hand. 52 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,080 You can hold a family member in your hand. 53 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,560 You can hold a young child in your hand. 54 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,960 You you could hold lots of money in your hand. 55 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,640 You can hold lots of gold in your hand. 56 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,600 You can hold your career in your hand. 57 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,440 You can hold many things in your hand. 58 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,680 And all of the things that you can hold in your hand are all 59 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:57,080 temporal and fleeting except for the very eternal Word of God. 60 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,000 And if we're going to really walk in the light of God's Word, 61 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,760 we're going to have have to understand the eternal nature of 62 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:09,840 the Word of God because it is in seeing that nature that we are 63 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:15,600 drawn to what God is truly going to teach us in His eternal Word. 64 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:21,240 And so let's read that together. Psalm 119, Psalm 119, and verse 65 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,840 89. And it says this. 66 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:31,280 Your word, O Lord, is eternal. It stands firm in the heavens. 67 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:35,200 Your faithfulness continues through all generations. 68 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,000 You establish the earth, and it endures. 69 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:43,000 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you. 70 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,320 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished 71 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,720 in my affliction. I will never forget your 72 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,680 precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. 73 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,880 Save me, for I am yours. I have sought out your precepts. 74 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:05,120 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder 75 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:12,080 your statutes to all perfection. I see a limit, but your commands 76 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,400 are boundless. Let's pray together. 77 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,240 Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to you now. 78 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:22,280 We thank You for Your eternal Word, but I know that many of us 79 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:25,840 have never given one thought to the eternality of the Word of 80 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:28,640 God. We've never given one meditation 81 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,880 to what that means to understand that. 82 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,840 Lord, I pray that You would change that now in this time 83 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:39,400 together, that we would see how important it is to understand 84 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:45,520 the eternal nature and essence of Your Word, to really and 85 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:50,720 truly appreciate and to understand that this Word that 86 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:56,080 we have in our hands was spoken from our eternal God in eternity 87 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:02,160 past and it will endure forever. Lord, thank You for the hope 88 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,360 that You give us in Your Word. Thank You for the encouragement 89 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,120 that we will receive today from just simply realizing and 90 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,760 knowing Your Word is everlasting. 91 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,800 It is eternal and it will endure no matter what comes along in 92 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,960 this world. Lord, we give you praise for it. 93 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,480 We pray for the unbeliever who's here today who does not know 94 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,880 you. God is your eternal word goes 95 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,960 forth. May you declare to them your 96 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,720 eternal promises to save sinners who call upon you. 97 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,040 Lord, may you by your Spirit regenerate them to new life and 98 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,120 faith today that they would do just that, repent of their sin 99 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,320 and to call on Jesus. The only hope that there is for 100 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,680 true salvation, for forgiveness and eternal life. 101 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,960 God, we pray that your will would be done. 102 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,080 Teach us, Holy Spirit now as we yield to you and we pray these 103 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,640 things in the mighty name of Jesus, Amen. 104 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,240 So the Psalmist here giving great emphasis to the eternality 105 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:07,080 of God's holy Word. Again, to many of you you say 106 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,280 what does difference does? That make for me I will tell you 107 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,960 this when we began to understand that this is not just another 108 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,040 book that this is not just a bunch of black letters on white 109 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,960 pages that was written as any other book would be. 110 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,920 But when we really begin to understand the eternal nature of 111 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,680 the word of God and what it is that we truly do hold in our 112 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,440 hands every time we open it and we read it. 113 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:40,320 We really do bear with our eyes truth that God has spoken and 114 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,760 truth that is eternal because the very nature of God is 115 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,000 eternal. Therefore the very word of God 116 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,360 is eternal. And if it is eternal, I'm going 117 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,240 to get it out. We will then realize the 118 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,760 promises that it is His enduring word. 119 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:03,520 If it is eternal, it will always endure. 120 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,760 The psalmist understanding that today, as he says, your Word, oh 121 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,520 Lord, is eternal. It stands firm in the heavens. 122 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,640 Nothing is going to shake the Word of God. 123 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,920 It will endure. He says your faithfulness 124 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,080 continues through all generations. 125 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,880 You establish the earth and it endures. 126 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,640 He's using that as an example. How did the Lord establish the 127 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,200 earth? By His Word and it endures. 128 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,600 Why? Because His Word is eternal and 129 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,720 His word endures. He says your laws endure to this 130 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,480 day, for all things serve you. Now watch this. 131 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,400 The laws endured to the day of the psalmist. 132 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,400 Did you know this? Thousands of years later, 133 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,919 they're still enduring. Why? 134 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,760 Because an eternal God spoke his eternal word and it will endure 135 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,760 forever. So the psalmist understands this 136 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,840 and I, I pray that we would understand this as well, that 137 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,200 his word is enduring. And it is enduring because it is 138 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,920 eternal in essence, just as we know God is eternal in His 139 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,080 essence. And when we look at the Word of 140 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,680 God, it endures because first, write it down. 141 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:11,920 It is eternally spoken, spoken from an eternal God who was not 142 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,400 like us and is not like us. He doesn't have a point in time 143 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,440 where He began and a point in time where He will end. 144 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,240 He's not like anything in all of His creation. 145 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,600 He always has been, always will be. 146 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:29,200 And so when He speaks, He speaks eternally and when He speaks, He 147 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,280 speaks from His mouth that cannot and does not lie 148 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:37,360 according to the word of God. His word is eternally spoken 149 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,560 because it is eternal in its very nature. 150 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:44,280 In fact, Matthew 24 verse 35, this is Jesus comments on it. 151 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,920 He says heaven and earth will pass away. 152 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:46,920 Why? They're temporal. 153 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,240 He says heaven and earth as you know it are going to pass away, 154 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,920 but my words will never pass away. 155 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,840 Spoken from the very mouth of God. 156 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,560 Eternal words spoken from spoken from an eternal God, from his 157 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:06,240 eternal mouth. Jesus revealing to us that the 158 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,560 word of God is. Eternally spoken, therefore it 159 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:14,360 will endure the test of time. Scriptures are simply God's 160 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:20,480 eternal declarations, words and thoughts from His very mouth, 161 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,720 the very mouth of God Almighty, omnipotent, all powerful. 162 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,880 In fact, Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 and Speaking of the 163 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,520 scripture, Paul says this all scripture is God breathed and is 164 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,240 useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training and 165 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,800 righteousness. Oh, please pay attention to that 166 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,880 phrase. God breathes because it's 167 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,520 impossible for you to hold your breath and at the same time 168 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,160 talk. And so when God spoke, he spoke 169 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:52,360 with his breath, that pneuma, the Spirit, and he spoke, and as 170 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,560 he spoke, he breathed his eternal word forth. 171 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:04,520 And the one true and eternal God breathed all of scripture into 172 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,040 existence. And this is so much more than 173 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,960 just being inspired by God. And yes, you're right if you say 174 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,720 that Scripture is inspired by God, but it's so much bigger 175 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,640 than that. And I want you to try to wrap 176 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,920 your small human minds around that. 177 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,480 That Scripture is not only just inspired by God, it's it's 178 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,920 grander than that. It is breathed out by God, 179 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:36,640 therefore it is eternally. Breathed from an eternal God. 180 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,840 So when we read the word of God, we read the very commands, 181 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,440 precepts, principles, instructions that the Eternal 182 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,640 God Almighty Creator of all. Things the Lord of all has 183 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,520 spoken forth. These are not books full of 184 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,400 suggestions from a well meaning person. 185 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,960 These are eternal words from an eternal God. 186 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,720 Therefore, they endure forever. That's why Jesus could 187 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,760 confidently say heaven and earth is going to pass away, but not 188 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:17,840 my words. My words will endure forever. 189 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,600 Or may we contemplate that when we read our Bible, when we study 190 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,920 the text, when we learn from it, well, may we contemplate that 191 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,960 today that you're not hearing the words of Kirk Hall this 192 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:36,440 morning as I read Scripture. You are hearing eternal words 193 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:40,120 from the throne of our eternal God. 194 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,080 And This is why God's Word should be treated with the 195 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:52,240 utmost seriousness and respect and reverence, because this 196 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:58,240 eternally spoken word is spoken from the very God who sought to 197 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,520 redeem you by the precious blood of His only begotten Son. 198 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:05,440 We ought to approach it with seriousness and reverence. 199 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,640 And I know many think this of me. 200 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,960 You're just a little too serious, right? 201 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,240 Because they want clowns at pub tables instead of preachers and 202 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,160 pulpits. They want people to entertain 203 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,840 them and to tell them funny stories and things that don't 204 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:25,400 matter. We have to approach the Word of 205 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,320 God with the seriousness and the reverence that it calls for. 206 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:33,120 If we really understand the eternality, the very nature of 207 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,080 the Scriptures, we're not going to clown around with them. 208 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,800 We're not going to play with them. 209 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,160 We're not going to mold them and transition them to fit our 210 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,720 lives. We're going to then. 211 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,280 Fit our lives to match the scriptures because an eternal 212 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:52,280 God has spoken on the matter, but far too often in our 213 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,000 society. Many who don't take the Word of 214 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,960 God seriously enough are leading people down paths of 215 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,920 destruction. Paul tells Timothy just this in 216 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:09,160 Second Timothy chapter 2 in regard to the eternal Word of 217 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:15,040 God, how we are to approach it. He says this in 215 a second 218 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:16,840 Timothy. Do your best to resent yourself 219 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:22,280 to God as one approved a worker who does not need to be ashamed 220 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,400 and who correctly handles the word of truth. 221 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,160 And I believe this 100%. To correctly handle the word of 222 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:33,360 truth is to see that it is truly the enduring eternal Word of 223 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,720 God. And that is where we must start 224 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,640 on this journey. Because if we don't start there 225 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,720 on this journey, we don't have the proper respect and reverence 226 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,800 that we need to have for the Word of God. 227 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,800 I can promise each of you this morning, I am not up here with 228 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,120 the serious demeanor because I take myself very seriously. 229 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,840 If you know me outside of the pulpit, I'm not that guy. 230 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,440 But I do take the Word of God very seriously. 231 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,040 I do approach it with reverence because I know exactly where it 232 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,760 came from. I know that it is eternally 233 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,640 spoken. I know that when I open the 234 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:10,000 pages of Scripture and I read those words, I read words 235 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,520 directly from my Lord and my God, and I respect that. 236 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:21,720 And I don't want to be ashamed, as Paul told Timothy, of someone 237 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:27,520 who doesn't handle the magnitude of that in a proper way or who 238 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,320 handles it too lightly. And so when we understand the 239 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,680 nature of God's Word, we'll approach it with the proper fear 240 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:38,160 that we ought to have for God. Desiring to be an approved 241 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,280 Workman, approaching the enduring Word of God. 242 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,560 Knowing this, that if I mishandle the Word of God, there 243 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,040 are promises in Scripture that discipline and judgment will 244 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,000 come upon me because I have mishandled the Word of God. 245 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,360 His Word will endure. And so we see it isn't the 246 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,520 enduring Word of God because it is eternally spoken. 247 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:04,560 Let us understand the nature. Of the scriptures, but not only 248 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,400 is the enduring word of God enduring because it's eternally 249 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:12,000 spoken, God has spoken it forth and there is no mistake in that 250 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,600 and it can't be taken back. The Word of God is eternally 251 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,840 standing because it is eternally spoken. 252 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,720 It is eternally standing, therefore it endures forever, 253 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,920 standing firm in the perfection of not this earth that is 254 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,440 imperfect because of sin, but standing in the perfection of 255 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,480 heaven. Look what the. 256 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,680 Psalmist says Your word, O Lord, is eternal. 257 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:43,240 It stands firm in the heaven. It's there in the heavens where 258 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,280 the word is declared, where it stands not standing in the 259 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,680 fallenness and the imperfection of man with standing in the 260 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,040 heavens. And we can all poll one another 261 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:55,920 today and we would all come to the conclusion, do you believe 262 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,480 that heaven is a place of perfection? 263 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,360 We would all have to say yes. Do you believe it is a place of 264 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,000 holiness? Yes. 265 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,280 Do you believe it's a place of reverence? 266 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,240 Yes. You believe it's a place where? 267 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,839 All creatures there fear the Lord. 268 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:08,920 Yes, we would all agree to that, because Scripture declares that. 269 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:12,720 And so when He says that your word is eternal, it stands firm 270 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,440 in the heavens. It stands perfect in the 271 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:21,240 heavens, untwarted by any sinful influence, unlike anything else 272 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,440 that we can see, touch, or taste in this world that has been 273 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:28,480 thwarted by sinful influence. The Psalm is having great 274 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,200 confidence of that in the fact that the Lord's word will endure 275 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,320 forever because it stands firm in the heavens. 276 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:35,240 He didn't say it stands firm in my confession. 277 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,680 He didn't say say it stands firm my denomination. 278 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,680 He didn't say it stands firm in my belief system. 279 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,960 It stands firm in the heavens. Why? 280 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,520 Where God supersedes over His own Word, His sovereign power 281 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,320 holds it up no matter what. It will endure forever. 282 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,800 Why? Because God will endure forever. 283 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:55,040 Because God's Word, like God himself, is just. 284 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,040 Write it down. Infinite. 285 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,640 Infinite. Psalm 90, verse 2. 286 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,160 This is before the mountains were born. 287 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,480 You brought forth the whole or you or you brought forth the 288 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,360 whole world from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. 289 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:13,520 He's talking about the infinite nature of God. 290 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,520 And when we begin to understand the infinite nature of God, we 291 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,240 will begin to understand the infinite and inexhaustible 292 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,120 nature of the Word of God. What I am blown away most about 293 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:28,160 the Scriptures is this. I can study them day in and day 294 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,280 out. And when I get through after 295 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,080 several days of studying the Word of God day in and day out, 296 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,880 I am reminded that I know nothing about the enduring 297 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,960 eternal infinite Word of God. That I have only but just 298 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,560 scratched the surface. Because as God is infinite, His 299 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:52,040 Word is also infinite. It is infinitely spoken from the 300 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:59,040 mouth of an infinite God. Therefore, it will endure when 301 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:04,440 all other things pass away. Not only is it infinite in its 302 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,200 nature because God in himself is infinite in his nature, it's 303 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:13,120 also immutable. Malachi chapter 3 verse 6. 304 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:17,000 Malachi under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, I, the 305 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,800 Lord, do not change, so the descendants of Jacob are not 306 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,240 destroyed. Malachi penning the. 307 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,600 Voice of God, the words of God there, the Lord himself 308 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,960 declaring about himself. I don't change. 309 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,240 I'm thankful for an immutable God. 310 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,440 I am also thankful for his immutable word, because his word 311 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,240 endures for the same reason that God the Father will endure 312 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,920 forever. Because the word of God, just 313 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,840 like God himself, is immutable. That means this He cannot 314 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,440 change. Therefore, his word cannot and 315 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,440 will not change. Now, why is this important? 316 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:02,720 It's important to our culture. I can assure you of this. 317 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,400 It's important to the the the church culture in in the age 318 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:11,280 that we live in because many people are constantly trying to 319 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:12,880 change the word of God, aren't they? 320 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,920 They are constantly trying to mold and to fit and to morph the 321 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,720 word of God into what it is that they want to believe, into what 322 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,680 it is that they want to think into what it is and what manner 323 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:32,400 is that they desire to live. And God has immutably spoken His 324 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:33,760 word. Now, what I mean by that is 325 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:39,440 this. If God said to Moses that a man 326 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:45,760 is not to lie with a man as he does with a woman, he's talking 327 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,400 about homosexuality. No one wants to go to the Old 328 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:53,040 Testament to learn those things. It is very clear what he is 329 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,200 saying. He is saying homosexuality is a 330 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:00,240 sin and you can't find any room in Scripture to declare it as 331 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,800 something else because God is immutable and His word is 332 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,480 immutable. If it was wrong in the days of 333 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,880 Moses for a man to lie with a man in a homosexual 334 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,000 relationship, it is still wrong today. 335 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,000 Now, I know in our crazy culture, there are many people 336 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,720 even professing Christians, and I use that word lightly 337 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,600 professing because that's about all you have. 338 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,840 If you can take this stand, who are going to get angry with me 339 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,120 because I simply quote to you the immutable, unchanging word 340 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,440 of God. We know this. 341 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,080 He reiterates it in the New Testament. 342 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,040 Such will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 343 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,160 Let's don't just talk about that. 344 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,120 Let's talk about other types of sexual immorality. 345 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,760 Those who think it's OK to test drive a spouse these days, 346 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,040 right? To just live with them for 347 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,080 several years to make sure that everything's going to be OK 348 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,480 because I don't want to get into a relationship and it not be OK. 349 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,760 Can I help all of you? If you are going to marry a 350 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,640 woman, you are a man and you marry a woman or you're a woman 351 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,040 and you're going to marry a man, everything's not going to be OK. 352 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,080 You're 2 sinners trying to coexist. 353 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,680 You're going to have to learn how to depend on God much. 354 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:20,360 But isn't that the mindset we've changed the scriptures to, where 355 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:24,680 we just join in some kind of cohabitation and justify our 356 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,680 sexual immorality? It shouldn't be so. 357 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:35,520 Many people trying to change the immutable Word of God when it 358 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,320 comes to meeting together on the Lord's Day and worshiping him, 359 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,000 joining together with other believers, doing what we will do 360 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,360 in just a moment, observing the Lord's Supper, observing 361 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,280 communion together, remembering Christ. 362 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,560 Oh, and it's not about those things, though the Scriptures 363 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,320 say it should be about those things. 364 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,800 It's not about your thought needs or how you can live your 365 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,960 best life now or a better life on this world that is fleeting 366 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,000 and temporal. God's immutable Word has not, 367 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,680 will not, and cannot ever change. 368 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,200 He's spoken on these things. It's sad that many denominations 369 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,280 are divided over issues such as women and pastoral. 370 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,280 Leadership. It's pretty easy for me. 371 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,640 I don't even have to get into the debates. 372 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,400 In fact, I will not debate you on this. 373 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,840 I will simply say to you that a woman is not the teacher to have 374 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,760 authority over a man. He was speaking about leadership 375 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,280 in the church. I will also quote to you that 376 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,440 the woman is the weaker vessel and it is the man who is the 377 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,880 leader of his home and he should be the prophet and priest and 378 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,600 king of his home. I will not apologize to anyone 379 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:36,240 for that. Why? 380 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,200 Because the immutable word of God has spoken and has not 381 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,800 changed. God has not changed His mind on 382 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,080 these issues. Now the world has changed their 383 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,320 mind on these issues, but God is not wavering in His mind as we 384 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,040 are. He does not change, therefore 385 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,520 His Word does not change. And when He has spoken, He has 386 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,360 spoken and He has said what He said, and He meant what He 387 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:59,280 meant, and we need to take that to the bank. 388 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,920 These issues are so clear in Scripture, but yet in the 389 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,680 society that hates God and hates His word, even in the so-called 390 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,920 church, we're having debates over this. 391 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,040 You know what we want? We want God's Word to fit our 392 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,600 lives instead of desiring that our lives fit God's Word. 393 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:18,800 That's what we really don't want. 394 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,760 That's what's at the root of it. And you know what? 395 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:27,120 A wicked person desires that a wicked person desires to justify 396 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,880 their sin. I remember what it was like 397 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,960 before I was redeemed, constantly justifying my sin as 398 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:37,200 if it was right, and Scripture said full well that it was 399 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,560 wrong. God does not change. 400 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,160 He's immutable. That's why His word is eternally 401 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,000 standing. It's infinite. 402 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,360 It's immutable, it's indestructible. 403 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,160 That's what Peter says when he quotes from Isaiah 40. 404 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,360 Peter says this. He says, for you have been born 405 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,640 again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable through the 406 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,520 living and enduring Word of God. Be thankful of that. 407 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,200 It's the living and enduring Word of God that brought forth 408 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,480 salvation in your life. Aren't you glad that the Word of 409 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,320 God didn't cease before you heard the gospel and were saved? 410 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,120 And it will not cease, He goes on and he says this. 411 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,920 For all people are like grass, and all their glory is like the 412 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,920 flowers of the field. The grass Withers and the 413 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:23,040 flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever. 414 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,600 And he says, and this is the word that was preached to you. 415 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,160 He says this is the word that was preached to you, that 416 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,960 everything in this world, the grass, the flowers, even 417 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,360 humanity, it will fall and it will fade. 418 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:40,120 But the word of God, it will endure forever because it is 419 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:44,400 the. Eternal, infinite, immutable, 420 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,520 indestructible Word of God. Everything throughout history 421 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:54,680 that has come against the Word of God, the burnings, the laws 422 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,280 that were passed making it illegal illegal, the efforts 423 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,680 that tried to keep the Word of God from being printed in 424 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,240 English so that we can have a copy in our hand, All of those 425 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:05,320 things. Failed. 426 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,000 Why? Because God's word is eternal. 427 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 The grass Withers and the flowers fall, but the word of 428 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,120 God endures forever. Oh, be thankful for the enduring 429 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,480 Word of God. Psalmist encouraging us with 430 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,840 this. We know though at times the word 431 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,640 might not be settled in our heart, might not be settled in 432 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,920 our mind, but it's forever settled in heaven. 433 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,800 Let that bring us confidence. Let that bring us confidence 434 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:38,520 when we pray. Why? 435 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:39,960 Because Jesus taught us to pray like this. 436 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:45,880 Not our will, but your will be done on earth as it is in 437 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,040 heaven. Oh, do you think for a second 438 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,080 that in heaven the will of God that has been revealed in the 439 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:53,800 scriptures is not being done right now? 440 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,200 I can take you to passages that will show you it is. 441 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,240 It's worship 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365. 442 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,360 Days a year and it will be like that and it's no longer measured 443 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:08,840 by time where it's just measured in the expanse, vastness of 444 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:13,200 eternity. And we approach the Word of God 445 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,520 knowing that it is the enduring word of God. 446 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,040 Secondly, I want you to see this from the psalmist. 447 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,600 God's eternal word is encouraging. 448 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,320 Oh, it's so encouraging. I pray this morning that you 449 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,200 would be encouraged by His Word. Verse 92 says this. 450 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,920 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished 451 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,280 in my affliction. Wasn't that the testimony of all 452 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:34,800 Christians if they were to get honest? 453 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,560 He goes on. And he says, I will never forget 454 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,240 your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. 455 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,920 Well make no mistake, it's by His word that your life. 456 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,200 Was preserved. It's by His word that you are in 457 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,560 Christ. Be thankful that His word went 458 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,520 forth and you heard the truth of the gospel according to the 459 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,240 scriptures. And in that God used the word of 460 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,680 God to draw you unto himself for salvation, to birth faith in 461 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,720 you, to regenerate you to new life. 462 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,760 It's exactly what Scripture, by nature and by design, is 463 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,920 designed to do. He says I'll never forget your 464 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,920 precepts, for by them you've preserved my life. 465 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,160 He says in 94, Save me, for I am yours. 466 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,520 Look at the surrender there. Save me, for I am yours. 467 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,560 I know that because I belong to you, I have the hope of 468 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,440 salvation. And how do I know that I've 469 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,240 sought out your precepts? Your word declares that I've 470 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,600 sought out your precepts, and your precepts have proven that. 471 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,840 But there are those days when maybe I don't feel safe. 472 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,080 But your word says that I am saved. 473 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,080 Aren't you glad that salvation is not a feeling? 474 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:44,080 It's a truth. It's solid and it stands firm 475 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,520 because God's Word is eternal. He says the wicked are waiting 476 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,960 to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes. 477 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,440 He says people are trying to take my life. 478 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,920 I'm not going to worry about that because I have promises of 479 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,240 eternal life. I have promises of security, I 480 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,160 have promises of your protection. 481 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,160 And so the word of God is, is not only blessing us because 482 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:10,280 it's everlasting and enduring, but also because of how 483 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,320 encouraging it is to the believer. 484 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,600 God's word, write it down, promises salvation. 485 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,880 Anyone here thankful for the promised salvation that we have 486 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:24,600 according to the word of God, the eternal word of God provides 487 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,800 eternal salvation. Psalm 6820 Our God is a God who 488 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,840 saves from the sovereign Lord comes escape from death. 489 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,880 The psalmist there riding that with great confidence, knowing 490 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,920 that our God is a God who? Saves and who rescues his people 491 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,840 from death? How does he know this? 492 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,800 He didn't know this because he got some apparition, because he 493 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,560 dreamed some dream or had some vision. 494 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,840 How does the psalmist know the things that he knows? 495 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,800 He says if your law had not been my delight, I would have 496 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,480 perished in my affliction. I know what I know about life 497 00:29:58,480 --> 00:29:59,920 and death because of the Word of God. 498 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,240 I know what I know about salvation because of the Word of 499 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,000 God and what the Word of God promises. 500 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,120 And He gives great promises concerning salvation, doesn't 501 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,640 he, to the believer, because it's only the true believer 502 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,480 who's saved. In fact, John chapter 6, verse 503 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,760 40, Jesus says this from my Father's will is that everyone 504 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,840 who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have 505 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,160 eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 506 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,760 What? A promise, eternal life, a 507 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,760 future resurrection, a future glorification, all contained 508 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,120 there, and the enduring eternal promises of Scripture straight 509 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,440 from the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ, God Incarnate, giving 510 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,120 the promise of salvation to all who will believe and trust in 511 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:44,120 Him for eternal life. This happens, as we know, 512 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,160 through faith in Christ and faith in Christ alone. 513 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,800 Or may we be reminded of that once again. 514 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,600 May we be reminded of that daily. 515 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,800 I would encourage everyone preach faith in Christ alone to 516 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:05,920 yourselves every day. Some of my greatest sermons on 517 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:10,680 faith alone and trusting on faith alone have been preached 518 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,640 only to me, where I went back to the scriptures and I realized 519 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,200 that this has nothing to do with Kirk Hall, that I have nothing 520 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:23,040 to offer a holy God who is in need of nothing, but yet that he 521 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,680 offered everything for me, that I would be saved, that I could 522 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,960 experience true salvation, true forgiveness of sin, true eternal 523 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,600 life. And I preached to myself 524 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,480 constantly through grace alone, through faith alone in Christ 525 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,360 alone. Why? 526 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,880 So that I don't have the tendency to boast in what I've 527 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:48,880 done because I've done nothing, only thing that I've ever done. 528 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,000 It's proved that I am a scoundrel and a rotten Sinner. 529 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,920 God has proved that He's faithful to His promises and His 530 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,040 Word over and over and over to the Sinner who will believe and 531 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,640 trust in Him. Is that not what John tells us? 532 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,120 John chapter 3 verse 16, it says for God so loved the world that 533 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,760 he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him 534 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,800 shall not perish but have eternal life. 535 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,360 He says in 17 for God did not send his Son into the world to 536 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,680 condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 537 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,840 He didn't have to come to the world to condemn us. 538 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,720 We were already condemned, lost in our sin, cut off and 539 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,360 alienated from a holy God. He says in 18, whoever believes 540 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,880 in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands 541 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,960 condemned already because they have not believed in the name of 542 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,880 God's one and only son. What is he talking about that 543 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,000 here? He's talking about belief, faith 544 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,000 to sue O in the Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 545 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,440 He's he's talking about trusting in Jesus Christ for forgiveness 546 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,440 of sin. He's trusting about, He's 547 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,360 talking about trusting in Christ for the condemnation that was 548 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,120 upon you to be lifted, to be washed. 549 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,240 What does he say about it? This for all those who by faith 550 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,360 trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. 551 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,720 Oh, may we return to the scriptures over and over and 552 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,800 over again cling to the fact that I do by faith trust in 553 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,120 Jesus Christ and his finished work at Calvary, his death, his 554 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,960 burial, his resurrection and that and that alone do I trust 555 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,680 for forgiveness and eternal life. 556 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,320 Well, the scriptures give us great encouragement because of 557 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:24,120 the promises salvation John Chapter 10. 558 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,400 Mercedes says all who have come before me are thieves and 559 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,480 robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 560 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,920 He says I am the gate, whoever enters through me will be saved. 561 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,760 They will come in and go out and find Pastor, whoever enters. 562 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,280 Through Christ will be saved. What a promise. 563 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,640 Have you entered through Christ? Are you trying to enter into 564 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,480 another way? There is no other gate. 565 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,280 There is no other door. It is Christ, and it is Christ 566 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,200 alone, and faith in Him the Scripture does so promise. 567 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,920 And those who enter in through Christ will be saved. 568 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,960 John 17 verse 2 says for you granted him authority over all 569 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,880 people that he might give eternal life to all those you 570 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,360 have given him. Speaking of Christ Now this is 571 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:11,760 eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and 572 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:17,880 Jesus Christ whom you have sent the Father granting authority to 573 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,560 the Son, the Son coming, promising and offering eternal 574 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:22,920 life to all who. Believe. 575 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:29,239 And to those who know him and to know the only true God whom he 576 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:36,400 has sent the Lord Jesus Christ, he says you'll be saved, you'll 577 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,080 be rewarded with eternal life. What promise, what encouragement 578 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,800 that we have from that? Not only do we have that 579 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,560 promise, salvation in the future through Jesus Christ, we have it 580 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:53,320 now promise. Salvation from all suffering, 581 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,480 affliction and death. But you know that we can cling 582 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,800 to that, that our sufferings, our afflictions. 583 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,920 We sing the psalmist and his share of sufferings and 584 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,280 afflictions. Through this journey in the 585 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:06,280 119th Psalm, we can cling that God is going to bring salvation 586 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:07,720 for our suffering, our affliction. 587 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:12,200 And even death. Second Timothy chapter 4 verse 588 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,360 18, it says the Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and 589 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,800 will bring me safely to his heavenly Kingdom, to him be 590 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,640 glory forever and ever. Amen. 591 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,120 That's the apostle Paul giving encouragement to Timothy and 592 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:24,960 those. Believers there who? 593 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,400 Were under Timothy's care, he says. 594 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,760 The Lord's going to rescue me from every evil attack that this 595 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:35,520 world and Satan might bring against me, and he'll bring me 596 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,520 safely into his heavenly Kingdom. 597 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,000 What promise of salvation? That promise stands. 598 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,560 Why? Because God's Word is eternal. 599 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,040 And if God's Word wasn't eternal, we'd be in trouble, 600 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,480 wouldn't we? That's the reason that many 601 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,880 people don't want to believe in the doctrine of eternal 602 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,880 security, because they don't believe in the doctrine of the 603 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,760 eternal Word of God. God has. 604 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,000 Spoken it, it is so let us just go back and review for a second 605 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,120 John 316. What did he say? 606 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:05,840 He tells us right there that if we will in John 316, believe and 607 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,520 we will trust in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. 608 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:15,440 That we will never perish but have eternal life. 609 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,120 Now God couldn't promise eternal life and then take it back from 610 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:22,520 you because His eternal word is already dubbed at eternal. 611 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,160 And therefore God's word when He says to promise to save those 612 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,680 who believe in Christ, when you believe in Christ truly. 613 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,160 Surrendering to Him as your Lord and Savior, you are forever 614 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:35,000 sealed. In fact, Scripture says you're 615 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,440 sealed to the day of redemption and the Holy Spirit seals you, 616 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,280 just as God sealed the door of the ark when Noah and his family 617 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,480 were ushered in by. The will of God and the power of 618 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,720 God. We too in Christ have received 619 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:53,040 promise salvation. I'm all suffering affliction and 620 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,480 even death. It's for all those who call on 621 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,080 the Lord and surrendered. Look at the psalmist here 622 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:00,480 calling on the Lord and surrender. 623 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:04,760 Verse 94 He says save me for I am yours. 624 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:10,040 He is surrendering himself completely to the Lord, knowing 625 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,320 what His word. Says I have sought out your 626 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:13,920 precepts, and you know what his precepts said. 627 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,320 Fear the Lord, surrender to the Lord, have faith in the Lord, 628 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,320 honor the Lord, give everything to the Lord, and hear the 629 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:26,760 psalmist doing exactly that. Save me for I am yours. 630 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,640 He's doing what Paul instructs the church to do in Romans 1013, 631 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,720 where he says for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord 632 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:40,040 will be saved. On your hour of desperation, 633 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,560 your time of reckoning, where God brings your attention to the 634 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,560 fact that you are a Sinner and you are deserving of the wrath 635 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:52,480 of God and deserving of hell. Call on Jesus for His mercy. 636 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,240 Call on Jesus for His mercy. Why? 637 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,920 Because whosoever calls upon him will be saved. 638 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:04,320 Psalm 86, five says this. Yet you, Lord, are forgiving and 639 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,440 good, abounding in love to all who call to you. 640 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,920 Or perhaps today is that day where you see your need 641 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,600 according to the Scriptures, and you will call unto Him, and He 642 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,360 will, according to His promises that we see in His Word, save 643 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:28,200 you, just as He has eternally promised to do for all who 644 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,720 called Him. Would you call to Him today and 645 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:35,000 be saved? Would you trust in Him and Him 646 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,560 alone? Why? 647 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,920 Because it's been revealed to you in His Word. 648 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,720 That those who believe and trust in Him will be saved. 649 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:47,040 And that is eternal. It has not changed. 650 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:49,280 It is not who trust in Him to be saved. 651 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,480 And they attend church and, and they, they, they are baptized 652 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,200 and they, they observe communion and they. 653 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,120 Are are are really really good in attendance. 654 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,000 They even become full-fledged church members. 655 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,720 He didn't say that one must begin with trusting Him for the 656 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,960 salvation that He has promised, believing that that is an 657 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,680 eternal promise for all. You trust in Him, Oh my God, 658 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,560 open your eyes to show you that today, because in showing you 659 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,320 that what He will do then as He will draw you to the only hope 660 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,720 that you have, which is Christ, We see that His word promises 661 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,720 salvation. How encouraging that is to each 662 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,520 of us. How encouraging that is in those 663 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,200 dark times. And we have to trust in nothing 664 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,960 but the word of God, because we have nothing to trust in but. 665 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,680 The word of. God to know that all of His 666 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,000 promises concerning salvation are true. 667 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:42,200 He also promises security, eternal word that provides 668 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,720 eternal security to God's children, eternal security in 669 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:48,520 regard to salvation, but security in the fact that He is 670 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,800 carrying us and He is protecting us and He is holding us 671 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:56,440 constantly by His word. Proverbs 30, verse 5, Every word 672 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,480 of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take 673 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,120 refuge in Him. Are you taking refuge in Him? 674 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,040 Are you taking refuge in the Lord? 675 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,560 If you're taking refuge in the Lord, according to his word, 676 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,240 he's a shield. He is a protective from you, for 677 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,040 you. And what does He protect you 678 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,840 from? Write it down. 679 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,240 He protects you from wickedness and the influence of wickedness. 680 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,400 Let's all ask the question, is there an influence of wickedness 681 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,080 around us constantly in this world? 682 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:23,840 Of course there is the Prince and the power of the heirs, 683 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:29,200 influencing the entire world with wickedness the Lord will 684 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:34,320 protect. Us through His eternal word, as 685 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,520 we look to it, in the midst of that influence, He will protect 686 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,240 us by His Word. Psalm 3740. 687 00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:42,080 The Lord helps them and delivers them. 688 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,880 He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take 689 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,120 refuge in Him. And how do we know? 690 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:50,240 We're taking refuge in Him? We're taking refuge in His Word. 691 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,760 We are standing on the firm foundation of the promises of 692 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:56,240 Scripture. Oh, you go back and you see 693 00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:00,480 Jesus teaching about the homes 1 built on a sand, the sand one 694 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,640 built on a firm foundation. That firm foundation being the 695 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,600 word of God. That fleeting foundation being 696 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,080 the sinking sand of this wicked world. 697 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,240 And you can seek refuge and you can found find foundation in 698 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:19,280 either or, but won't last and 1 won't. 699 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,280 And the wise man is going to build his house on Christ and 700 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,360 build his house. From the promises of the words 701 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,440 of Christ found in Scripture is His eternal word that gives us 702 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:35,160 the promised security that we all have access to in Christ, 703 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,760 shielding us from wickedness. The influence of wickedness. 704 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,040 The intentions of the wicked. Don't you know that the wicked 705 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,840 have intentions? Their intentions are just as 706 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,520 their name declares, wicked. The psalmist here experiencing 707 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,440 that the wicked are waiting to destroy me. 708 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,720 They want to take his life. You know what he does? 709 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,040 He doesn't fear in what the wicked can do to him. 710 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,240 What does he do? He meditates on the word of God. 711 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,360 He said the wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder 712 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,480 your statutes. Why would he be pondering the 713 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,080 Lord's statues when the wicked want to destroy him? 714 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,720 Because he knew that the Lord would shield him from the wicked 715 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:20,280 attacks, that the Lord would even shield him from death. 716 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:24,720 Psalm 138, verse 7. He says, though I walk in the 717 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,560 midst of trouble, you preserve my life. 718 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,160 You stretched out your hand against the anger of my foes. 719 00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:32,640 With your right hand you save me. 720 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,160 Where do we find that? We find that in the Word of God. 721 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,920 Where did he find that? He found that in the Word of 722 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:39,840 God. He knew how God had preserved 723 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,720 His people throughout the ages and that God would continue to 724 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:45,880 preserve His people according to His Word. 725 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,960 He has made us that promise. That he will shield us. 726 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,840 The influence of the wicked from the intentions of the wicked, 727 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,400 but also from the world. Anyone here thankful that God 728 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,920 Shields us from the world? Oh, if we were not shielded from 729 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,440 the world right now. You think the world is wicked 730 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:05,200 and evil now? Oh please know this, that God is 731 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,120 shielding us from just how. Wicked it would be if man was 732 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,200 just simply turned over to themselves. 733 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,600 He Shields us from the world, from the deception of the world 734 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,400 constantly coming at us. Bossians 113. 735 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,640 It says this. For he, Speaking of Christ, has 736 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,240 rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the 737 00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:27,600 Kingdom of the Son he loves. We don't have to walk Into 738 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,320 Darkness. He's rescued us from the 739 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,520 dominion of darkness, the deception of this world we can 740 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:34,720 now walk in. Truth. 741 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,280 You know what's interesting about that? 742 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:39,360 Where do we find truth? We find truth in the eternal 743 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,920 Word of God that He has spoken. You want light in your darkness? 744 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,920 You want truth in a mixed up world. 745 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,120 You find truth in the 66 books of Scripture. 746 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:51,760 Can you find no truth anywhere else that is absolute and that 747 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,720 is eternal? That's what the psalmist desires 748 00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:58,560 that we understand here. We have promises from God's 749 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:03,760 Word, promises salvation, promises of security from 750 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,800 wickedness from the world, the deception of the world, the 751 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,800 destruction of the world. Did you know the world will face 752 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,840 utter destruction? It says in second Peter chapter 753 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,200 3 verse 10. But the day of the Lord will 754 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,000 come like a thief, the heavens will disappear with the roar, 755 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,120 the elements will be destroyed by fire and the earth and 756 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:19,960 everything done and it will be laid bare. 757 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,440 He said there's going to come upon the earth's destruction. 758 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,160 You know what the eternal Word of God promises those who are in 759 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,960 Christ? Security from the coming 760 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,840 destruction well I can't think help but think about my good 761 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,040 friend Christian in the Pilgrim's Progress where 762 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,320 evangelist warned him about the destruction that was coming that 763 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:42,280 he should flee the city of destruction and he left his 764 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,800 family behind and he fled the city of destruction headed to 765 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:48,040 the Celestial City according to the word and the will of God 766 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,520 Church be thankful if you have fleed the. 767 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,800 Destruction that is to come and you are safe and secure in the 768 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:57,840 arc of Christ. Rejoice that God has brought you 769 00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,320 there and He brought you there through His eternal Word. 770 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:05,320 Don't forget that. Destruction is coming upon the 771 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:11,360 world, just as the Scriptures declare that God promises 772 00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,760 security to those who trust in His Word. 773 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,200 Just as the psalmist is saying here, the wicked are waiting to 774 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,000 destroy me. But I will ponder your statutes. 775 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:26,480 I'll delight in Your Word because if it were not for Your 776 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,000 Word, I would have already perished. 777 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,920 You can see the promised security that His Word brings 778 00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,360 from wickedness and from the world, the destruction and 779 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:39,360 deception of the world. Oh, but there's one more that we 780 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,040 have to speak of. That's not a very popular topic. 781 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:51,000 God's Word promises us security from wickedness, from the world, 782 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:56,200 but also from the wrath of God. I understand that it's not a 783 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,080 topic that everyone wants to talk about. 784 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,640 In fact, it's one that many don't talk about at all. 785 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:08,160 But please know this, according to scripture, when God saves us, 786 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:18,400 we are saved from someone and something many. 787 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,760 People, if you were to ask them, unfortunately in the modern 788 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:22,880 church age, what are you saved from? 789 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,160 When they tell you that they're saved because someone has taught 790 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:27,080 them that they're saved but never has taught them what they 791 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,680 have been saved from. And you were to say, what are 792 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,040 you saved from? And they would respond, so I can 793 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,200 go to heaven. No, you're not saved from. 794 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:40,120 So anything. You're saved from something. 795 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,840 And people are afraid to say this for fear that it would 796 00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,960 somehow paint God in a bad image. 797 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,960 No, His wrath is just. His wrath is holy. 798 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:55,080 His wrath is pure. And when you are saved, 799 00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:58,800 according to scripture, you are secured from the wrath of God 800 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:02,880 that is to come upon all unbelieving mankind. 801 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:08,560 Please make note of this. You're saved from the wrath that 802 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:17,560 you deserve. Because you're a Sinner, God and 803 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:24,400 His mercy and His love for you in Christ poured His wrath upon 804 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:29,920 His only begotten Son so that you could go free. 805 00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:36,600 He who knew no sin became sin, so that we might become the 806 00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:46,840 righteousness of God. God has by His word promised to 807 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:52,520 secure the righteous, and to remove his wrath from them. 808 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:59,360 Now watch how he did this. He offered himself on a cross, 809 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:05,280 and the wrath of the Father was poured out upon Him, He who knew 810 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:09,760 no sin. And he bore the wrath that I 811 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:18,480 deserved, and I. Bear the righteousness that is 812 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:24,160 rightfully his. Therefore I stand before God. 813 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:28,160 Not as someone deserving of the wrath of God, though I'd be 814 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:35,040 deserving of the wrath of God. I stand before God, clothed in 815 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:38,480 the righteousness of Jesus Christ, the wrath of God being 816 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:43,400 removed not just in this life, but for all eternity, never to 817 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:48,200 face the wrath of God again. Romans 58 and 9 says this, but 818 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,480 God demonstrates His own love for us in this. 819 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:53,400 While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 820 00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,960 Watch what He says in nine so many times. 821 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:59,200 We read 8 by itself, but don't forget nine since we have now 822 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:03,760 been justified by His blood. How much more shall we be saved 823 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:08,480 from God's wrath through him? How much more will we be saved 824 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:12,400 from God's wrath through him? Or what promises that we have, 825 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:17,160 encouraging promises from Scripture that we are secure 826 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,240 from the wrath of God that will come upon this earth, that will 827 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:23,200 come upon the unbelieving and the wicked sinners. 828 00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,720 In fact, First Thessalonians chapter 5, Paul says this, he 829 00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:30,640 says for God did not appoint us. Who's the US, the believer? 830 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:36,680 God did not point us to suffer, appoint us to suffer wrath, but 831 00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:39,160 to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 832 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,560 Oh, I'm so thankful that God appointed me to receive 833 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:43,720 salvation through my Lord Jesus Christ. 834 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:48,120 And He has promised me in His Word that because I have 835 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:52,120 surrendered to Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, as I was 836 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,920 appointed to do before the foundations of the earth, He 837 00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:59,120 promises that the wrath of God will never come upon me. 838 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:01,800 Well, I know what you think, Kirk. 839 00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,000 You deserve the wrath of God. Yes, I do. 840 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,960 I'm so thankful that in his grace and His mercy, He didn't 841 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:14,280 give me what I deserved. And he continues to give me so 842 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,320 much more than I could ever begin to deserve. 843 00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:21,160 Oh, he promises US security. What encouragement? 844 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:25,880 Be secure, believer. Today, God's eternal Word offers 845 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:29,800 eternal encouragement and offers internal and eternal 846 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:34,240 encouragement for all who trust in Jesus Christ according to the 847 00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:37,720 Scriptures. So God's eternal Word, we've 848 00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:42,040 seen it is enduring, it's encouraging. 849 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,880 Let's not miss this. It's excellent. 850 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:53,000 It's excellent, and I say it because it's excellent beyond 851 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,720 compare. Look what the psalmist says to 852 00:50:55,720 --> 00:51:00,160 all perfection. I see a limit, but your commands 853 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:06,560 are boundless. The psalmist notates that total 854 00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:12,120 perfection is found in God's Word and that when we lay the 855 00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,240 Word of God beside everything else that we would dove with our 856 00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:20,320 human minds perfect. For instance, a newborn baby. 857 00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:23,080 Your baby's born. You look at your baby's eyes, 858 00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,600 you make eye contact for the first time, and many times you 859 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:32,560 hear the words he or she is perfect until you take them home 860 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:34,200 that first night. You realize they are not perfect 861 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,640 at all. They're little sinners. 862 00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:42,640 Oh, we would look at the driven snow and we would say, oh, look 863 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:47,120 how beautiful and how perfect it is until you take a walk in the 864 00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,960 driven snow and you see that it has been tainted by animals or 865 00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,120 humans. And so it seemed perfect at 866 00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:55,520 first glance. It's not as perfect as you 867 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:58,400 thought it would be, or until it begins to melt and it mixes with 868 00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,760 dirt and it becomes mud. You've all been in those towns 869 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:05,040 where that happens. Oh, it seemed perfect, but it 870 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,840 wasn't perfect. Well, what about the perfect 871 00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,600 sunrise, perfect sunset that you witnessed? 872 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:18,400 Well, just the other night as we witnessed a beautiful sunset. 873 00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:25,640 I knew that it wasn't a perfect sunset because this world has 874 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,680 been corrupted by sin, and I long for the beauty of the 875 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,080 things that are eternal, the beauty of the word of God. 876 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:33,080 That's what the psalmist is saying. 877 00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:36,920 You say I'm laying the word of God next to the most beautiful 878 00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:40,920 sunset that I have ever. Seen and I see a limit in that, 879 00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:46,880 but your word is boundless. It's perfect. 880 00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:51,640 It's perfect in all aspects. I'll write this down. 881 00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:54,200 It's perfect in composition. Please understand this about the 882 00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:56,960 Word of God In a generation where people do not want to 883 00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:00,400 believe this. The Word of God is inerrant. 884 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,640 There are no errors from Genesis all the way to Revelation. 885 00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:06,120 The Word of God is pure and inerrant. 886 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:12,040 If you want to debate someone on that topic, don't come to me. 887 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:16,400 I will not debate it with you. I will simply quote to you what 888 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:20,240 I just read in Psalm 1/19/96 to to all perfection. 889 00:53:20,240 --> 00:53:22,200 I see a limit, but Your commands are boundless. 890 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:30,880 Your word is infinitely perfect. The excellence of God's word is 891 00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,560 confirmed to us by it's perfect composition. 892 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,320 The Bible's not some invention of man. 893 00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,040 Man didn't sit down and say, you know what? 894 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:40,400 I think I'm going to write law for myself. 895 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:44,400 He's no sinful man would have ever done that. 896 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,000 And if we were to do that, there would be liberty and not law. 897 00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,480 We would do whatever it is that our sinful inclinations wanted 898 00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:55,920 us to do. But God has in his Word written 899 00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:01,400 to us His perfect and boundless inerrant commands. 900 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:04,120 And they're perfect in their composition. 901 00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:08,560 Not the invention of man, not the inscription of humans, but 902 00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,920 the inscription of a perfect, complete. 903 00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:18,360 Holy, flawless God spoken by God himself. 904 00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:24,280 Well, Please remember that, believer, when you read one 905 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:29,680 verse, when you read 10 verses, when you read an entire chapter, 906 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:38,240 when you read an entire book, all of it spoken and breathed by 907 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:46,680 a perfect God, Therefore it is perfect in its composition, was 908 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,120 spoken by God and his perfection. 909 00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,120 But what's this? It was also. 910 00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:55,800 Superintended by God himself. Many people forget this. 911 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,520 Many people forget the fact and they say stupid things like 912 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,720 this. Yeah, but when man got involved, 913 00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:04,800 it all got messed up. No, it didn't, because it was 914 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,480 God's will that man got involved. 915 00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:08,880 But can I tell you, this scripture is very clear. 916 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:15,960 Second Peter, chapter one, verse 19, he says we also have the 917 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,120 prophetic message as something completely reliable, perfect, 918 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,600 and you will do well to pay attention to it as to a light 919 00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,720 shining in a dark place, a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto 920 00:55:25,720 --> 00:55:30,120 our path, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in 921 00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,400 your hearts. Above all, he says, you must 922 00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:36,720 understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the 923 00:55:36,720 --> 00:55:40,240 prophet's own interpretation of things. 924 00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:44,560 If you continue to read what you will see, these were men of God 925 00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:49,480 who were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 926 00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:54,000 Now, I know that a lot of people want to reduce the Holy Spirit 927 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,880 to secondary. He is not. 928 00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,520 He is the third person of the Triune Godhead. 929 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:04,480 He is as equally and eternally God as the Father, and God as 930 00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:08,560 the Son and God. The Holy Spirit superintended 931 00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:11,160 every single aspect of Scripture. 932 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:16,480 He guided the hands of man before they ever dipped the 933 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:25,680 feather into the quill. He guided them, they dipped that 934 00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:31,160 quill into that ink. He superintended every single 935 00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:35,240 aspect so that the word of God is perfect in His composition. 936 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:39,520 He carried them along. He carried them along into 937 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:44,280 perfection, and so we can have great confidence that His Word 938 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:49,120 is excellent, perfect in composition, superintended by 939 00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:52,600 God Himself, spoken by God Himself, but also secured by God 940 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:53,800 Himself. Psalm 138. 941 00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:59,160 Two, Psalm 138 two says this. I will bow down toward your holy 942 00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:01,720 temple, and we'll praise your name for your unfailing love and 943 00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:05,160 your faithfulness. For you have you have so exalted 944 00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:08,000 your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame? 945 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,960 He said. Lord, you have exalted your word 946 00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:15,280 so high that it surpasses your own fame. 947 00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:17,840 I want you to stop and think about that for a second. 948 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:25,880 That God values His Word so much that He allowed the eternal word 949 00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:31,080 of Himself to surpass His fame. Oh, it's not a coincidence that 950 00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:35,080 this is the all time bestseller. It will always be the all time 951 00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:38,200 bestseller. It is the Word of God that He 952 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:43,800 Himself has exalted, the perfect Word of God, and the Word 953 00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:49,800 declares that, and it's perfect. In its composition he vouchsaves 954 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:56,120 his own word by his own name. Numbers 2319. 955 00:57:57,560 --> 00:57:59,920 The word of God declares this God is not human that he should 956 00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:02,480 lie, not a human being that he should change his mind. 957 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:04,440 Does he speak? And then not act. 958 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:07,240 Does he promise and not fulfill? No. 959 00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:11,080 Everything that he says in his word is a promise, and it is 960 00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:13,760 true. He will fulfill all of that 961 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:17,560 according to His name. He has exalted His word above 962 00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:26,280 even His very name. First Samuel 15 verse 29 says 963 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:29,520 this. He who is the glory of Israel 964 00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,600 does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a human being that 965 00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:36,840 He should change his mind. God hasn't changed his mind. 966 00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:38,840 He does not lie. His word is perfect. 967 00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:43,760 His promises are perfect. Everything that He set forth for 968 00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:48,920 it to do, it will do. It's perfect in composition, but 969 00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:52,120 it's also perfect in character. We talked about it being 970 00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:54,240 inerrant. There is no fault. 971 00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:59,200 There is no error. It's also perfect in character. 972 00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:00,320 Why? Because God's character is 973 00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:06,320 perfect. The infallible character of God 974 00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:12,360 assures the infallible nature of his eternal word. 975 00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:17,240 So just as the characteristics and attributes of God are 976 00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:20,360 infallible, how many of you say? Yes, I believe that. 977 00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:25,240 Then every word spoken from his mouth that cannot and does not 978 00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:29,520 lie is infallible as well. We'll see the excellence of 979 00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:30,960 God's Word when we think about that. 980 00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:35,640 It's perfect in character because it articulates the 981 00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:38,080 perfect one who spoke it. And that's how we learn about 982 00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:42,600 God, isn't it, through his word, the articulation of his word, 983 00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:46,920 Deuteronomy 32 four, it says He's the rock, His works are 984 00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,720 perfect and all his ways are just. 985 00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:51,920 A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. 986 00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:55,600 He's a rock, His works are perfect and all his ways are 987 00:59:55,600 --> 01:00:00,400 just and faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is 988 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:01,200 He. He's a rock, His works are 989 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:02,640 perfect, and all his ways are just and faithful. 990 01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:03,840 God who does no wrong, upright and just. 991 01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:05,600 Is he? And if he is infallible there, 992 01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:08,520 therefore his word will be found infallible. 993 01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:13,360 Psalm 1830. It says, As for God, His way is 994 01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:16,040 perfect, Lord's word is. Flawless. 995 01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:19,840 He Shields all who take refuge in him because God is perfect. 996 01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:22,120 His Word is flawless and perfect as well. 997 01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:27,200 What great hope we have from the eternal Word of God when we look 998 01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:30,000 at the excellence of what it really. 999 01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:36,600 Is how He articulate articulates the perfect one who spoke it, 1000 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:41,080 but who in His word also accomplishes exactly what it was 1001 01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:44,640 spoken to do. Not only does He articulate who 1002 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:50,480 He is, revealing that to us. His perfection, His Majesty, His 1003 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:53,040 glory, all seen in His. Word. 1004 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:58,880 He accomplishes exactly what he has spoken to do. 1005 01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:01,880 Aren't you glad that God's just not a God of talk? 1006 01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:07,160 He's a God of power. In fact, Isaiah 55, in a verse 1007 01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:11,080 that you all know and often misquote it, says this. 1008 01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:13,480 So is my word that goes out from my mouth. 1009 01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:17,080 It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I 1010 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:20,160 desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 1011 01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:24,280 What is God saying about His perfect character being revealed 1012 01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:26,000 in His perfect and excellent word? 1013 01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:29,680 He's saying this that my Word accomplishes exactly what I 1014 01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:34,960 desire for it to accomplish. You know what God's Word doesn't 1015 01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:37,920 accomplish? Exactly what you want it to 1016 01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:43,200 accomplish. Oh, I've had to rest in this as 1017 01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:47,920 a preacher of the gospel because when I preach the Word, you know 1018 01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:52,280 what I wanted to accomplish? The souls of everyone who hears 1019 01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:57,120 it to be saved. The unfortunate truth is this, 1020 01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:02,360 not everyone will be saved. Sometimes when the Word goes 1021 01:02:02,360 --> 01:02:07,120 forth, it is to accomplish the fact that God is going to give 1022 01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:09,880 some over to their very sin. You don't believe me? 1023 01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:13,720 Read Romans chapter 1 where in seven verses he gives man sinful 1024 01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:17,240 man over six different times. God gave them over, God gave 1025 01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:23,040 them over, God gave them over. And sometimes when we preach the 1026 01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:25,360 word of God, the Word of God goes out, the promises of 1027 01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:29,520 Scripture go out, and men believe and women believe. 1028 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:38,840 And sometimes when the Word of God goes out, men resist and 1029 01:02:38,840 --> 01:02:43,040 they refuse, and they remain in that state of refusion and 1030 01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:46,760 condemnation that we're all in before God graciously saves us. 1031 01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:50,800 And so know that God accomplishes His Word and the 1032 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,640 things that are projected in His Word perfectly. 1033 01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:57,160 I say that so you'll know this. There are going to be those who 1034 01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:00,560 were saved through the preaching of the gospel according to the 1035 01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:03,760 will of God and the Word of God. But there will also be those who 1036 01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:06,920 refuse the gospel who will perish for all eternity. 1037 01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:11,200 Please know that. And God's will through His Word 1038 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:15,920 will be accomplished both in heaven and hell for all 1039 01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:18,880 eternity. Let that wake you up. 1040 01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:21,000 Let that cause. You to see the. 1041 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:25,280 Excellence of the Word of God. Because it is the Word of God, 1042 01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:29,720 the same word that can set you free from your sin this morning, 1043 01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:35,840 but it's the same word that you could reject and walk out of 1044 01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:38,600 here and lose your life and be condemned for all eternity and 1045 01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:41,440 remain in the state that you walked in in. 1046 01:03:42,640 --> 01:03:46,920 See that His Word accomplishes exactly what is spoken He 1047 01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:51,520 desires to do, and that His Word abolishes any possibility of 1048 01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:53,800 flaws or failings. It's perfect in character 1049 01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:58,120 because again, God remains perfect in character. 1050 01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:01,520 Psalm 12 verse 6 and the words of the Lord are flawless like 1051 01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:05,720 silver purified and a Crucible like gold refined 7 times human 1052 01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:10,520 being that he should change. Oh excuse me, that I needed to 1053 01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:14,440 end at times it says that the words of the Lord are flawless 1054 01:04:14,440 --> 01:04:18,280 like silver purified and a Crucible like gold refined 7 1055 01:04:18,280 --> 01:04:19,960 times. So see that the word of God is 1056 01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:21,720 flawless. I probably should have went to 1057 01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:26,160 these for that. And but the word of God is 1058 01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:32,160 flawless and perfect, abolishing any possibility of any failings, 1059 01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,280 because it is the very word of God. 1060 01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:38,560 Psalm 1830. As for God, his ways, they're 1061 01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:41,880 perfect. The Lord's word is flawless, and 1062 01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:43,800 he Shields all those who take refuge in him. 1063 01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:45,400 Always Sums it all up there, doesn't he? 1064 01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:49,120 The psalmist here, finding again security in God's word. 1065 01:04:49,120 --> 01:04:51,520 And why is he finding security in God's word this time? 1066 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:56,400 Because God's word is eternal. So how should we respond to 1067 01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:58,640 this? How should we as professing 1068 01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:01,320 believers respond to the fact that God's word is eternal? 1069 01:05:02,560 --> 01:05:05,040 Here's how we should respond. We should see the value of God's 1070 01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:11,720 word that in seeing that it brings us hope beyond this 1071 01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:15,520 fleeting and passing and cruel and wicked sinful world. 1072 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:18,480 Is that what you're doing believer? 1073 01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:21,920 Are you viewing God's eternal word as the psalmist has in this 1074 01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:24,960 passage? Well, look how he has viewed his 1075 01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:26,680 word. He says were not for your Word, 1076 01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:30,360 I would have perished to my affliction. 1077 01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:35,360 Are you thankful for the word of God that He has used not only to 1078 01:05:35,360 --> 01:05:40,440 bring forth new life in you, but to bring forth new life in all 1079 01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:44,720 who believe and trust in Him, according to His Word to the 1080 01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:48,920 unbeliever? Please pay attention to this 1081 01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:51,600 message this morning and contemplate this if you would 1082 01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,800 contemplate what the psalmist has said, that the Word of God 1083 01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:00,280 is enduring and encouraging and it's excellent. 1084 01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:05,320 Consider those things. Consider all the truths that we 1085 01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:07,000 have seen that surround those things. 1086 01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:10,680 Consider the. Truth regarding unrepentant and 1087 01:06:10,680 --> 01:06:13,160 unbelieving sinners. I want you to think about that 1088 01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:15,160 for a second. If God's Word is true regarding 1089 01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,400 unrepentant and unbelieving sinners, if you remain in a 1090 01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:20,400 state of unbelief and unrepentance, you will perish 1091 01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:22,360 under the wrath of God for all eternity. 1092 01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:27,560 Did you contemplate these things in light of God's Word? 1093 01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:30,880 Did you contemplate the truth regarding true faith in Jesus 1094 01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:33,160 Christ is the only manner in which a Sinner will ever be 1095 01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:35,680 saved? Oh, know this. 1096 01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:38,600 And unless you repent of your sin, and unless you turn to 1097 01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:40,720 Christ, you will perish in that sin. 1098 01:06:42,120 --> 01:06:44,600 You'll perish for all eternity according to the Word of God. 1099 01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:47,160 That's not just something that I'm saying to you because I want 1100 01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:50,600 to sound mean. That is something the Bible 1101 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:56,760 declares because God is just and you can face the justice of God 1102 01:06:56,760 --> 01:07:00,880 for all eternity, or you can enjoy the mercy of God for all 1103 01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,280 eternity. And it all comes down to 1104 01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:06,760 surrendering to Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, the truth 1105 01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:11,080 that God promises to forgive and redeem all who call on Jesus to 1106 01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:13,440 save them from their sin. Would you contemplate that this 1107 01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:17,920 morning? Would you call on Jesus to save 1108 01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:19,440 you today? It's the only hope that you 1109 01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:23,120 have. I mean desperately call upon Him 1110 01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:29,720 because He is your only hope. Oh, you contemplate the truth 1111 01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:35,440 that God does in His love grant eternal life to all who 1112 01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:38,280 surrender to Jesus as Lord and Savior according to His word. 1113 01:07:38,280 --> 01:07:41,600 And would you surrender to the Lord Jesus as your Savior today, 1114 01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:46,280 leaving your life of sin, forsaking the things of this 1115 01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:50,480 world, and running to the feet of Jesus where you will find 1116 01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:54,440 mercy, forgiveness for sin? Oh unbeliever, would you 1117 01:07:54,440 --> 01:08:02,560 consider the eternal Scriptures today, my prayers that God would 1118 01:08:02,560 --> 01:08:08,360 use them as he does to draw you to salvation and forgiveness in 1119 01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:10,000 eternal life today? Let's pray together. 1120 01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:12,160 Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to you, thanking you for 1121 01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:15,360 Your Word, thanking you for the time that we've had and the 1122 01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:17,800 opportunity that we've had today to spend in Your Word. 1123 01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:26,040 Would I pray for those who give no regard to the magnitude of 1124 01:08:26,040 --> 01:08:29,560 your eternal Word? God, would you change them 1125 01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:31,200 today? Would you change their hearts? 1126 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:37,319 I pray for the lost soul who's here today who does not know 1127 01:08:37,319 --> 01:08:38,960 Christ. Would you save them according to 1128 01:08:38,960 --> 01:08:42,840 Your promises? Would you open their eyes, 1129 01:08:45,359 --> 01:08:49,439 regenerate them the new spiritual life as you've 1130 01:08:49,439 --> 01:08:53,880 promised to do? Would you give them faith to 1131 01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:57,520 believe and strength to repent that is required, but that you 1132 01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,880 provide? Would you save them today as 1133 01:09:00,880 --> 01:09:04,040 they cry out in desperation? Show them how desperate they are 1134 01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:08,319 without Christ and then show them how faithful you are to 1135 01:09:08,319 --> 01:09:11,960 your eternal word. We'll give you all the praise 1136 01:09:11,960 --> 01:09:16,800 for it in Jesus name, Amen. You've been listening to Key 1137 01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:19,560 Life Fellowships Pulpit Ministry podcast. 1138 01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:23,120 Join us each week for more teaching from God's Word.