Sunday, March 18, 2012

Where in Hell r u God

Sermon Text: Psalm 139: 8KJV   If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Sermon Title: God, where in Hell R U?!
Point 1: Stop looking—God is there with you. Vss. 11, 12 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” (12) even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
So often we spend endless time and energy looking for God when we start having problems. In Hebrews 13: 5 He already told you he would never leave you nor forsake you. In Psalm 86: 7 and in 62 other places in the bible He said in the time of trouble he would be there.
Church I have a two question quiz for you.
(1) When did God show up for the three Hebrew boys; before the furnace or in the furnace?  
(2) When did God show up for Daniel in the Lion’s Den; before he went in the den or after he went in?
 
 
Point 2: He made you to go through Hell vs. 1 – 6; 13 – 16 (1) O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. (2) You know  when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. (3) You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. (4) Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. (5) You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. (6) Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. (13) For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. (14) I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (15) My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, (16a) your eyes saw my unformed body.
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Point 3: Hell has and expiration date vs. 16, 19 (16b) All the days ordained  for me were written in your book before one them came to be.(19a) If only you would slay the wicked…
Isa 46: 10Msg From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,
Conclusion: Do 3 simple things
(1) Hold on to God
(2) Remember if it hasn’t killed you it is making you better
(3) Trust God—He is in control.  
 

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