GOD WILL SEE TO IT

GENESIS 22:1-18

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

The term "JEHOVAHJIREH" only appears once in the Scriptures right here in our text. In the strictest sense it is the name of a place not a title for God, but Abraham's intent is to name a place bearing testimony of who God is and what He will do. Jehovah, or more properly, Yahweh is the eternal, self-existent One without beginning or end. "Jireh" is a form of the verb "to see" and is usually translated "see" or "appear" in the Old Testament. How it became synonymous with "God will provide" should be made clear during this message.

 

I. NOTE WHAT GOD WAS NOT DOING!

1. God was NOT approving human sacrifice- He knew what He was going to do! [Is. 46:10]

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

"It was not Isaac's life that God wanted; it was Abraham's heart, and He got it!" Lehman Strauss

2. God was NOT tempting Abraham to do evil [Gn. 22:1, Jm. 1:13]

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

If someone offered me an Outlaw Ribeye 30 min. before I needed to preach I might say, “Oh, don’t tempt me.” Nothing sinful about it.

3. God was not trying to prove Abraham's faith to Himself [Rm. 4:1-3, Jm. 2:21-24]

- He was testing (proving) Him before men. Did Abraham love Yahweh as much as the heathen loved their false gods? (remember Job and Satan, the test was good for Job, proved something to Satan and us)

-What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

- Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

"God never puts us to the test until: we are ready for it and He has made preparation for our victory." -L.S.

 

II. NOTE THE SUCCESS OF ABRAHAM

Abraham was not a success because he was some super-perfect Christian. Abraham didn't fully understand but:

1. He Fully Trusted [Heb. 11:17-19]

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

2. He Fully Submitted [Jm. 2:23, Is. 41:8, Jn. 15:14]

-And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

-But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

-Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

3. He Fully Worshipped [Gn. 22:5- 1st use of "worship" in the English Bible, in the Hebrew the same word is used in 18:2, 19:1]

"When the heart is right in God's sight, no sacrifice is too great to offer Him, and this is the only kind of worship He accepts." -L.S.

John 4:23-24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

 

III. NOTE THE PROVISION OF GOD

The word "provision" comes from two words [pro=before, vision=to see] and thus means to see beforehand. God sees all things beforehand (an attribute we call foreknowledge) and then He prepares and provides beforehand (ex. the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world). So, Abraham was saying "the Lord will see to it", i.e., "the Lord will provide!"

 

1. God Provided Abraham a Glimpse of Jesus. [Gn. 22:8, 14 (future tense), Jn. 8:56]

-Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

2. God Provided Us Examples of Behavior [1 Cor. 10:11, 2 Pet. 2:6]

-Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

-And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly.

3. God Provided All with the Means for Pleasing Him [Heb. 11:6, 39-40]

-But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

-And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

THE TIME IS SHORT

Psalm 89:47, 1 Corinthians 7:29

-Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

-But this I say, brethren, the time is short

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. TIME IS SHORT FOR SALVATION

1. Delay is Foolish [Lk. 12:15-20a]

2. Delay Can Be Disastrous [Lk. 12:20b-31]

3. Delay is Devilish [Lk. 8:11-12, 2 Cor. 4:3-4]

-Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

- But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

II. TIME IS SHORT FOR SUFFERING

1. Be Stablished - the Lord is Coming [Jm. 5:8]

2. Be Settled – the Judge is Coming [Jm. 5:9]

3. Be Enduring –Suffering’s End is Coming [Jm. 5:10-11]

 

III. TIME IS SHORT FOR SERVICE

1. Be Patient - this is the Time for Labor [James 5:7]

2. Be Prayerful – this is the Time for Faith [Jm. 5:12-18]

3. Be Practical – this is the Time for Submission

 [Jm. 4:4-17]

HAVE CONFIDENCE

1 JOHN 2:28

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE CONFIDENCE OF A RELATIONSHIP

1. Be Confident You Are God’s Child

[2:28-3:2, 4:13-15, 5:11-13]

2. Be Confident He is Coming Again [2:28, 3:2]

3. Be Confident You Are Right with Him [2:28, 1:6-9]

 

II. THE CONFIDENCE OF CHRIST’S RETURN

1. We Don’t Know the Time [2:28, Mt. 24:36, 25:13]

-But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

- Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

2. We Know the Event [2:28, 1 Th. 4:16-17]

-He shall appear

-For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

3. We Know the Person [2:28, Acts 1:11]

- Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

 

III. THE CONFIDENCE OF REACTION

1. We Can Have Confidence [2:28, 3:21, 4:17, 5:14]

2. We Can Be Ashamed [2:28]

3. We Can Please Him [2:28, 2 Tm. 2:4, Heb. 11:6]

STIRRED, NOT SHAKEN

2 THESS. 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

2 PETER 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. BE MINDFUL [2 PETER 3:1-7]

1. Be Mindful of the Word [v. 1-2; 1:3-4, 12, 19-21]

2. Be Mindful of the Wicked [v. 3-5a; 2:1-3]

3. Be Mindful of the World [v. 5b-7; 2:18-22]

 

II. BE INFORMED [2 PETER 3:8-10]

1. Time Means Little to God [v. 8, Ps.90:4]

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

2. Truth Means Much to God [v. 9a, Isaiah 46:10]

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

3. Temporal Things Mean Little to God [v. 9b-10]

 

III. BE FOCUSED [2 PETER 3:11-18]

1. On Living Right [v. 11; 1:4-7]

2. On Looking Right [v. 12-14]

3. On Learning Right [v. 15-18; 1:8-9]

BUT NOW IS CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD

1 COR. 15:20

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

Over 50 years ago I heard a Josh McDowell say, “The resurrection is the most wicked, vicious hoax ever foisted upon the minds of men OR it is the most fantastic fact in human history”. There is no other option. Hoax or history. Fake or fantastic.

 

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE THE EVENT

1. Reported by Matthew - 27:60 Solid Rock Tomb, 27:60 Stone “Door”, 27:62-65 Roman Guard, 27:66 Roman Seal

2. Reported by Mark - 15:42-45 Jesus was Definitely Dead

3. Reported by John - 19:38-40 Jewish burial Customs, 20:19 Disciples were Frightened

 

II. THE FACTS AFTER THE EVENT

1. The Tomb was Empty [Lk. 24:1-3]

2. The Stone was Moved

-Lk. 24:2 apokulio, to roll away

-Mt. 28:2 “rolled back the stone from” apokulio- lithos; a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near),

-Mk. 16:3-4 apokulio ek; a primary preposition denoting origin, from, out (of place)

-Jn. 20:1 airo; a primary root; to lift up; by implication, to take up or away;

3. The Guard was AWOL [Mt. 28:4]

4. The Grave clothes were Folded [Jn. 20:3-9]

5. The Lord was Appearing [Acts 1:1-3, 1 Cor. 15:1-8]

 

III. THE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE EVENT

1. The Disciples Stole the Body [Mt. 28:11-15] not so- they fled while he was alive

2. The Unbelieving Jews Stole the Body - no reason to do so, they never produced a body nor did they deny it was missing

3. The Women went to the wrong Tomb - inconceivable that the disciples, the woman, the unbelievers, the Roman guard, the owner of the tomb, etc. would do so

4. The Swoon Theory - medically speaking-no! - the change in the disciples-unheard of unless He arose

5. The Resurrection [Jn. 20:24-31] - the only, true option

Romans 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

HE IS NOT HERE, FOR HE IS RISEN, AS HE SAID!

MATTHEW 28:6                                      

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. HE IS NOT HERE

1. Jesus is Not on the Cross- that would imply He is dying [Heb. 9:25-28]

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

2. Jesus is Not in the Tomb- that would imply He is dead [Rm. 6:9-10]

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

3. Jesus is Not in Hiding- that would imply He is afraid [Mk 14:61b-62, Rev. 1:7]

-Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

-Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

 

II. HE IS RISEN

1. This Declares He Has Conquered Death [1 Cor. 15:20-26]

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

2. This Declares He Has Paid for Sin [1 Pt. 3:18]

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

3. This Declares He is God Almighty [Rm. 1:3-4]

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

 

III. AS HE SAID

1. He is Omniscient [John 2:19-22]

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

2. He is Omnipotent [John 10:17-18]

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

3. He is My Lord and My God [John 20:28]

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

THE LORD’S SUPPER IN LIGHT OF 2 TM. 3:16

 

THE LORD’S SUPPER IN LIGHT OF 2 TM. 3:16

1 COR. 2:9-16

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

Some falsely accuse us, Fundamental Baptists, of worshipping the Bible- a charge which is untrue. We follow the Bible because it is the Word of the Living God. We worship God and so we follow His Word. Anyone who claims to follow God but does not follow His Word is only fooling himself.

The idea of “Good Friday” is a carry-over from the RCC and is not Biblical. In fact, it is decidedly unbiblical.

The Bible teaches God has revealed truths to us which should be compared to other truths – not to contradict them- but to complement and explain them [1 Cor. 2:9-16]. In 2 Tm. 3:16-17 we find four things the Scripture does for us:

 

(1) Doctrine- tells us what TO believe

(2) Reproof- tells us what NOT to do

 (3) Correction- tells us what NOT to believe and

(4) Instruction in righteousness tells us what TO do.

In 1 Cor. 11 we see these four things the Scripture does for us applied to the Lord’s Supper.

 

I. THE APPLICATION OF CORRECTION [1 Cor. 11:17-19]

In this church there were some false beliefs that Paul had to deal with. Heresies that needed to be corrected by the Word of God.

 

II. THE APPLICATION OF REPROOF [1 Cor. 11:20-22]

Often when our beliefs are wrong it can cause our actions to be wrong as well. Paul says they were coming together, even as we are admonished to do, but for the wrong reasons and in a wrong way. Paul reproves them.

 

III. THE APPLICATION OF DOCTRINE [1 Cor. 11:23-26]

Here the Apostle reminds them why they were coming together. The emphasis is on Christ, His Blood, His Body, His Coming Again- our blessed Hope!

 

IV. THE APPLICATION OF INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS [1 Cor. 11:27-34]

After he reminds them what to believe, Paul reminds them of what to do- how to approach the Lord’s table.