Pastor Rick Jackson
I. KNOW THE CERTAINTY EXPRESSED IN THE VERSE
No guesswork, no uncertainty, no hedging, no namby-pamby
shillyshallying here.
1. God Cannot Fail [Dt. 31:6, Lam. 3:22]
- 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.
- It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail not.
2. God’s Word Cannot Fail [Lk 16:17]
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one
tittle of the law to fail.
3. God’s Specific Promises Cannot Fail [Is. 34:16]
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of
these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and
his spirit it hath gathered them.
II. KNOW THE CONDITION EXPLAINED IN THE VERSE-
“to them that love God”
Many people who have no right to this verse try to claim it,
others try to apply it to people it doesn’t fit]
1. To Love God One Must Know God [1 Jn. 4:6-10, 13]
-We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is
not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit
of error. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one
that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not
God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his
Son to be the propitiation for our sins…Hereby know we that we dwell in him,
and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
2. Just Saying You Love God is Not Enough [1 Jn. 4:20-21]
If a man say , I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a
liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God
whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.
3. The Proof that you Love God is to Obey Him [1 Jn. 5:1-5,
John 14:15, 15:10]
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:
and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of
him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and
keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of
God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that
Jesus is the Son of God?
III. KNOW THE CHALLENGE EXPOSED IN THE VERSE-
“to them who are called according to His purpose”
1. Unbelievers Are Called to become Believers [Is. 1:18, Mt.
11:28, Acts 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9]
-Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
-Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest.
-And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every where to repent:
-The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men
count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2. The Believers Are Called Saints [1 Cor. 1:2, 9]
-Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that
are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
-God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship
of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
3. The Saints Are Called to be Conformed to God’s Purpose
[Rm. 1:7, 8:28-30]
-To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be
saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
