SAFE

Psalm 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Pr. 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Pastor Rick Jackson

I once saw on a truck’s mud flaps the words “THINK SAFE, ACT SAFE, BE SAFE.” The message, though possibly unintentional, was Scriptural. If these things are true in the secular world which today is, and tomorrow will be gone, how much more are they true on the spiritual plane.

 

I. THINK SAFE – to think safe is to think right

1. Think right About Yourself [Gal. 6:3]

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

2. Think right About Christ [John 5:39]

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

3. Think Right About Life [1 Cor. 8:2]

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

 

II. ACT SAFE thinking safe is just the start- one may think straight but not follow through in his actions

1. Actually Trust Christ [Heb. 4:2]

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

2. Actually Follow Christ [John 1:43]

-The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

-Mt. 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

-Mt. 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

3. Actually Do What Christ Commands [Jm. 1: 21-25]

 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

 

III. BE SAFE

1. Safe from the Penalty of Sin {Rm. 6:23]

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

2. Be Safe from the Prominence of Sin [Ps. 119:9-12]

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

3. Be Safe from the Pushers of Sin [Pr. 29:25]

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.