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Sinners in the hands of a living God
(Heb 10:31)
“it’s a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Matthew
Henry was a well know Bible commentator and preacher. On his way home
one day he was attacked and robbed. Afterward he made is comment.
First
“Let
me be thankful first because although they took my money, they did not
take my life.
Second
because although they took my all, it was not not
much, and
third
because it was I who was robbed and not I who robbed”.
Victim of robbed and cruel treatment afterwards have a hard time
feeling anything but contentment for the person who offended them. If it
was seen from the right prospected, they would feel sorry for the person
who caused the pair or lost. Because their evil deeds will bring them under the
judgment of God.
(
Rev 20:12) says
"I saw the dead small and great, standing before
God, and books were opened… and the dead were judged according to
their works, by the things which were written in the
books”. I.
Many religions of the past did not believe in the living God A.
Ezekiel look through the hole in wall ( Eze 8:7-12)
In September 591 B.C. a year and two months after his call.
Ezekiel was transported in rapture to Jerusalem, where God showed him
the idolatries being practiced in the temple, The temple of our Holy God. B.
The great Babylon King didn’t believe in the living God
(Dan
4:30,31)
In the following four verses we are told the king went insane and
live with the wild animals for seven years.
(Vs 36,37)..tells God returned
Him to His sanity where by his action changed and he started looking upward
instead of inward.
What will it take for you to look upward?
A Skeptic promised British preacher Alexander Maclaran that he
would attend his church for four Sundays on which Maclaran would be
presenting the main doctrine and principles of Christianity the Skeptic
listened intently to Maclaron’s sermons after the fourth message he
came forward for church membership, saying he had received Christ as his
Savior.
Maclaran was delighted and could not resist the impulse to ask
which of the four sermons brought him to his decision.
the Skeptic replied: none after church I was helping an elderly
lady on a slippery walk, she looked up into my face and
said.” I wonder if you know my Savior, Jesus Christ He is everything
in the world to me. I would like you to know Him too”. The skeptic said that remark sent me home where on my knees
I found Christ for
myself”. C.
King Herod of the New Testament did not believe in the living God
. (Acts 12:20-23)
Conclusion A
group of tourists was traveling through the mountains in Switzerland at
one high point they could see magnificent snow capped peaks and look
into the deep blue of the Alpine lakes below. The view was absolutely
breath
taking. After the tourist stood for a long time in silence, amazed at
the wonder of God’s creating the guide noticed that one women seem to
have no eye at all for the breathtaking view. instead she was powering
her nose. All she could think about was her own appearance. D.
what do you see in the Mirror a creation of God or yourself, there
is a difference you know.
1.
These religions leaders and kings could only see their wants, not
God
2.
We are created to glorify God, not yourself .(Eph 5:26) tells us not
to be conceited
3.
Ever since man’s fall into sin we’ve had a craving to
glorify ourselves, not the ”Living God”
We are not put here on earth to feast on ourselves. “Less
of self and more of Jesus, Less of self each blessed day Just to be lost
in Jesus, Just to live for Him each day”.
4.
You cannot glorify yourself and Christ at the same time.
5.
Be an over comer, (Rev 21:6,7,8) Be an
over comer, a son of God and you will not have to fall into the
hands of the Living God. “It
is better to be Victimized by a wicked man , Than to be a wicked man.” Forgiveness
is available to anyone today |
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