FAILURE & SURETY

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. PEOPLE WILL FAIL YOU

1. Lost People Will Fail You [Genesis 41:9]

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day

2. Saved People Will Fail You [2 Timothy 4:10]

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

3. You Will Fail Yourself [Romans 7:15-23]

II. THINGS WILL FAIL YOU

1. Money Will Fail You [Matthew 6:19-20]

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

2. Health Will Fail You [Job 1-2] "Well, at least you've got your health!"

3. Governments Will Fail You [Dan. 2:36-43]

III. WHAT DOESN'T FAIL?

1. God does Not Fail [Deuteronomy 31:6]

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

2. The Bible Does Not Fail [Psalm 19:7]

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

3. The New Nature Does Not Fail [1 John 3:1-9]