GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GREAT TRUTHS

PSALM 19:1-7                                  

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. CREATION DECLARES THE GLORY OF GOD [v. 1-6]

1. There is a God [Gn. 1:1, Ps. 53:1, Heb. 11:6]

- In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

-The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

- 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.

2. You are Not Him [1 Samuel 2:2, Isaiah 45:21, Acts 12:21-23]

-There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

-Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

-And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

3. Jesus is God [Jn. 1, Col. 1, Phil. 2, Is. 9:6]

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

 

II. THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD [Ps. 19:7ff]

1. It Should Be Our First Resort [Acts 17:11-12]

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed;

2. It Should Be Our Full Resort [2 Tm. 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21]

-And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

-We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

3. It Should Be Our Final Resort [Mark 12:24]

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

 

III. BELIEVERS ARE REDEEMED [Ps. 107:2]

Spurgeon said, “Never forget the three Whats. First, What from? Secondly, What by? And, thirdly, What to?”

 

1. What from? Believers are redeemed from Satan, hell and destruction. [Ps. 107:2, Rm. 6:23, Rev. 20:14, Gal. 3:13]

- Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

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

-Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

2. What by? By the precious blood of Christ. [1 Peter 1:18-21]

- Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

3. What to? To an inheritance, incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. [1 Peter 1:3-5]

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.