That men should by nature seek God is one more aspect of God’s goodness. There is some Biblical evidence for that. The Lord lift up His countenance on you and on your family, and grant to every one of you His shalom wholeness, wellbeing and peace. Though we know that Christ’s primary purpose for coming to earth had to do with our spiritual needs, it is good to know that He is concerned with the physical as well. © Copyright JosephPrince.com 2020 God wanted to teach the children of Israel about the grace of the priesthood. They cannot take that away no matter how hard they try. John 6:47 tells us that he who believes has everlasting life. Let’s wrap up this message with the following thought. In Romans 3:12: “ None doeth good but One; that is God. No one ever has an excuse for sin. His Psalm tells us how good God is, and how good He had been to him, and how good He had been to others. His love is good. None of these things happened by accident. Why is it that some of our prayers are answered and some are not? To bown you must let the button go. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals. So you go rent a movie and watch it. The same is true with God. But he continued to show goodness to generation after generation even when men continued to turn away from him. You may remember that Jesus ended the Beatitudes with a blessing for those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness (Matthew 5:10-12). But I have some Good News for you I serve a God who is in the turn around business. God’s goodness is the answer to the question: Is this a friendly universe? It is important that we rally behind the preaching of the gospel of Christ with our prayers and support. We need to the courage to speak out and stand up for God whatever the cost and we need the commitment to prayer because our words and actions will come to nothing with the help of heaven. The reason God tells us to … His justice is good. Far too many people go through life chronically unhappy with their circumstances. And the children are deemed holy in God’s sight. Just as the thief on the cross was saved after a lifetime of heinous crime, even so the “vilest sin who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.” No sinner will ever be able to say, “I asked for mercy in Jesus’ name but God turned me away.” That will never happen because those who come to God through Jesus will never be turned away. Be open to flow with what God is doing and where He is leading us to. God did not intend to give the children of Israel what they deserved. Here is a remarkable fact. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. We are like the President’s daughter. You're already in our mailing list. If that’s the goal, then my people need to know God, and my people need to have passions for God so that they have more satisfaction in God than food or sex or money or sports or media. Good days are coming! They have died full of faith in God, still believing in Jesus till the very end. Since those are the two overarching categories of humanity, I would like to investigate how the goodness of God is displayed to both the lost and the saved. The Lord spoke to Paul. By giving us eternal life the moment we believe. His names tell us why he came. Children’s Sermons Hymn Lists. He answered the cry It wasn’t enough to see the need and have pity, he chose to answer the cry and do something about it. The good news is that God still speaks to His people in different ways and this is very evident in the Christmas story. Titus 3:8-11 [see Lessons] 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. Would you do that? Vaughan Smith . Three times he prayed that the “thorn in the flesh” be removed. He concluded that it was better that God didn’t answer his prayers because he then experienced God’s power in a new and deeper way. Thank God He has an endless supply to take and fill every need in the most perfect way possible. Then nothing is left but pure gold itself. How Can I Be Filled With the Holy Spirit. In the end, you will come forth as pure gold. However, whenever Chelsea wants to speak to her father, she can go right in. The high priest is a picture of God’s grace. Paul then says that he boasts in his weakness that God’s strength may be seen in his life. I do not mean to suggest that we will always see the good in the midst of our pain. We are living in the last days before Jesus returns. He can provide a survey of the entire biblical doctrine or he can focus on just one part and hope it points toward the whole. But I do it because I love them and because I want them to grow up and be mature adults. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Is Being Good Enough? E. By disciplining us when we begin to stray into sin. But feelings don’t matter in any case. To show grace to the people is to uphold God as holy. God speaks to Jacob at the moment of his aloneness and his need. 45:15). In fact, I even get quite excited when I read this Psalm and think about how good God is! G. By allowing them to share in his blessings to his own children. But then look at that last phrase. Priesthood and grace are synonymous. We know that from God’s point of view the human race is divided into two broad categories: Everyone on the earth at any given moment is in one of those two categories. If your sermons discussed only one’s relationship with Jesus, and stuck to that explicitly and relentlessly, you would not be able to say all you need to say about a good deal of Scripture. The children of Israel couldn’t see God physically but they could see His representative, Moses. Generally we won’t. J. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." “And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels! Along with examples of good works, God gives us examples of things that are not good works. Rate this sermon from 1 to 5 'stars' with just a click, then close.] The Bible teaches that God is good. I urge upon you the deepest concern for your spiritual welfare. It is the goodness of God that leads people to repentance. I’ve recently heard a number of sermons that were rhetorically strong but theologically weak. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.”— Exodus 17:5–6 NKJV. And all the other kinds of texts. I’m not sure the Bible offers just one answer to these questions. "For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He not only makes provision for their salvation, he not only invites them to be saved, but when they cry out in Jesus’s name for mercy, he hears them and saves them. In the words of Jesus, “In this world you will have trouble. I daresay no human being can truthfully answer yes. 4. I. Even back then in the Old Testament, God’s heart was to bless the people. There have been sermons that “Daryl” was ready without the Holy Spirit that fell completely flat. Once upon a time, there was a wealthy man who, early one morning, dropped by the marketplace, which was the ancient equivalent to the unemployment office. In a fury the king had them thrown in the fiery furnace. But whenever I think that God is asking too much of me, that He’s being unfair somehow, I remember something my friend Mandi told me: “Thank God life isn’t fair! It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink. When God told Moses to speak to the rock, it was because He wanted to demonstrate what Jesus is like. We spoke last week about understanding God's will. I can quite understand why the person who wrote it would want everyone else to know about it too. God alone can take away the blindness and cause us to see Christ for who he is. In the Old Testament, a prophet may represent the law but a priest always represents grace. They are part of God’s plan to chip away little by little at our character until Jesus is fully formed in us. Matthew 5:45 tells us that he causes the sun to rise and the rain to fall on the just and the unjust. Love him duly — that’s already old to me. Some day you will look back with joy on your present struggles. “Keep away from that!” But sin is not a candy; it’s a poison. In that spirit let’s survey briefly ten specific ways God is good to the unsaved. The trouble may be there but it is temporal. If anyone reads these words who is not saved, I urge you to run to the cross and fling yourself upon God’s mercy. It is the place of abundance and provision, where all our needs are supplied by God and more. That is the theme of so much Scripture anyway, isn’t it? I too know what it is to stand by the graveside and say farewell to those I love. God is love, and His love always has our best interest at heart! Why? 1) I asked you to pray for me that I would have wisdom to know God’s will. You know they need a message that’s funny enough to take the edge off but clear enough to call them to repentance and faith in ... here are five important questions to help you detect a good sermon. Would you create a race knowing it would turn away from you, would rebel against you, would reject you, and would violently kill your son? Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Matthew 3:1-12 I Can’t, But God Can! If ever we needed to hear from God, it is now. Congregation: All the time. Thus every breath taken by an unsaved man is a sign of God’s goodness, meant to lead him step by step to repentance and faith. Pain, he said, is God’s megaphone to rouse a sleeping world. The First Question of the Catechism, The Invisible Hand: Coming to Grips With God’s Providence, His Eye Is On the Sparrow: The Doctrine of God's Omniscience, Here, There and Everywhere: The Doctrine of God's Omnipresence, Is Anything Too Hard For God? Who is oldest mother in history? This points to what happened at the cross when blood and water came out of Jesus’ side after He was pierced. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. Why have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? It's a Wonderful Life Scriptures: Psalm 103This model sermon, based on Psalm 103, uncovers and reminds us of God's endearing love from one of the Old Testament's most stirring passages. God is good to answer our prayers-but not all of them. What God forbids is for our own good just as much as what he grants. Certainly in When the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, God provided for them and kept them safe but that was still not the best God had for them. His holiness is good. The Lord provided food and protection for them. III. Then the Lord spoke directly and explained his refusal. God told him to go to Brook Cherith, where His supply would be. God knows! This is a word that is not just for our church but for churches all around the world. In the same way, we see in Revelation 20:11-15, God will assess people according to their works at the Great White Throne judgment. To those pious religious types who proclaim their innocence, he reminds them that they are just as bad as the heathen and they too have no excuse. Psalm 119:68 Thanksgiving Sermon Psalm 119:68 You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes. It is not about how fluctuating or wavering we are, but about how perfect He is. These were sermons that I felt good about before hand. The worst sinner may get the best suntan or he may run barefoot through the falling rain. We hope these sermon notes blessed you! Simon July 18, 2016. 2) I asked you to pray for me that I would have courage to do God’s will. While it is not from God, He will work all things out for the good of His people. God doesn’t want us to follow anyone or anything else besides Him. He cannot possibly be otherwise. Our selfishness and grudges must be removed. But instead of speaking to the rock with Aaron’s rod, Moses used his own rod to strike the rock twice. According to the Bible, God is good. The good news is that God desires for us to join him now in making his plans for restoration, unity, and peace a reality (Colossians 1:15–23). God described as “good” the things He made on the various days of creation, and the overall work of creation was summarized as “very good” (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25). confirmation link in the email we just sent you. God’s goodness is the sum total of all His attributes. The period of being in the wilderness is an interim period. Because God’s hand was with him, he rose in power to become administrator of all Potiphar’s household. Why do some marriages make it and others end in divorce-even though we prayed fervently that the divorce would not happen? I can say “God is still God!” 1. God sees your fears, your secrets, your shame, your blindness to yourself and your neighbor, and God doesn’t look away, as though to say “Nothing good could come from them.” In Jesus, God says, I see you. The goodness of God is meant to lead you to repentance. The answer moves along these lines. No one could blame him for aborting the human experiment and starting over again. Aaron’s rod represents the priesthood of God, which is a picture of the grace of God. 1st, the best reason to do the right thing is because it is good for us. God wants to provide for you but sometimes He does that through the leading of the Holy Spirit. H. By giving us whatever we need so that we can be content whatever our circumstances. (Phil. To those verses we might add the most famous verse in the all the Bible-John 3:16, which tells us that “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” Some commentators have vainly tried to make the “world” in this verse mean something other than the world of mankind. What has been completely paid for need no longer be paid for again. Well, I have a good news and a bad news. Oftentimes we won’t see his goodness until after our trials are past-if we even see it then. And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.”— John 19:34–35 NKJV, “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. In this devotional series you'll learn of these varied and meaning behind the names, titles and descriptions of Christ. You’ll think of other essential truths that need hammering home again and again.) A. Truth always demands a response. By giving us a reason to rejoice when the world turns against us. The Lord, your High Priest, keep you safe in His embrace from all evil and from the power of the evil one. “I have commanded the ravens to feed you there” — When you are “there,” the place where God leads you to, God’s provision flows like a river in your life. A. It is important to see the difference. If everything God does is good and all His acts are the outflowing of His goodness, it would seem that this attribute embraces all His other attributes. This is why we should be bold. These are notes on the sermon, God Is Good Even When Times Are Bad, preached by Pastor Joseph Prince on Sunday, 19 July 2020, at The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore.We hope these sermon notes will be an encouragement to you! “thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock” — In fact, God wanted to honor Moses before the children of Israel by allowing him to be seen as the one that provided the water for them. — Numbers 20:7–9 NKJV. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals. Several centuries ago Christians often spoke of “dying well.” In fact, John Wesley claimed of the early Methodists that “our people die well.” I could say the same things. And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. This too is a mark of divine goodness. The God we see here is the same God we have today. Remember, the Israelites are just about to enter the promised land. F. By uniting us with Christ in his resurrection life. But take heart! “Take the rod” — Here, God is referring to Aaron’s rod, not Moses’ rod. Thank GOD now that i can make it but still need improvement to make the message understandable & effective. The law (represented by Moses’ rod), could not bring the Israelites into the promised land. You can make a difference. God uses messengers of the Word to open the eyes of the blind.] If we leave whenever we are surrounded by unbelievers, we take the light with us. We doubt this verse for two reasons. Fast forward to the end of the 40-year journey. Only eternity will tell how much the prayers of others were used by God to bring us to salvation. God truly is a good Shepherd; He loves us greatly. This is a critical topic for Christians to understand. The story about John Rosen is a good illustration of what it means for God “to live among us”. Today, fifteen years later, I would like to preach a sermon entitled, “Our Steps Are Guided by God.” God for the moment withholds his hand of judgment, but his hand will not be stayed forever. She went through the motion but would not let it go. Pray for cases to go down around the world and all who have suffered loss during this time. But that’s another topic. “Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;”— Deuteronomy 8:16 KJV. The global famines we are seeing (food famines, financial famines) and pestilences (diseases, viruses) are signs that the end is near and Jesus is coming back for us. v. 11 “and said” Why then are they not all saved? I don’t propose that this answers every question or that it turns sorrow into joy, but it does reassure us that something good is happening even in the worst moments of life. Likewise, God’s plan is not for us to remain in the wilderness season we are in now. By giving us immediate access through prayer. This is a remarkable sign of God’s goodness. No sermon preparation method will lead to changed lives without God’s power. "— Numbers 20:7–8 NKJV. Today, we don’t have to ask Jesus to come down to die for our sins again. In my reading recently I ran across a statement attributed to a man from Montana who used to say regarding contentment: “If you can’t be happy with what you already have, why should God trust you with anything else?” Good question. (Someone told me recently about a certain country singer-Garth Brooks, I think-who has a song called “Thank God For Unanswered Prayer.” It’s all about going to a county fair with his wife and seeing his old girl friend there-the girl he had hoped to marry. The king ordered the three men brought to him. Although he does not know it or appreciate it, he is a recipient of common grace. And when we are willing to sacrifice ourselves for what we believe, they see God in us, and many of them praise God because of our faithfulness. When God says, “No” He does it because he loves us. In the goodness of God, we truly have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. The last time he looked at creation and pronounced it “very good” (1:31). Know God truly. GOD STILL SPEAKS Prov. This is the subject of the present passage. Their feet never swelled and their clothes never grew old. I quickly retorted through sudden tears, “But maybe she still needs to hear it. He sheltered them from the heat of the desert by traveling with them as a pillar of cloud. This little survey is just that-a little survey. “And the people contended with Moses” — After wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, the children of Israel murmured and complained. B. Before Jesus returns, God wants the gospel to reach as many people as possible and in this year of time and space, we are seeing so many more being reached and impacted by the gospel. In some sense Jesus truly died for all men and it is on that basis that God invites sinners to salvation. When Nebuchadnezzar ordered that all those present bow down before the golden statue, they refused and boldly remained standing. 4. But by dying for our sins at the cross, Jesus fully met the claims of a righteous God and removed the barrier of sin that once separated us. Second Timothy 2:15 summarizes my approach. Here, Pastor Prince cautions leaders and pastors tuning in to be mindful of the way the heart of God is represented to the people. This factóthat God would use pagans to judge his peopleógreatly perplexed and troubled the righteous prophet Habakkuk. I want everyone to bring this glorious gospel of grace and peace to all the four corners of the earth.”. It is not about how poor we are, but about how rich He is. C.S. But this much is sure. Pastor: And all the time. Now, come and see for yourself. If that’s the goal, then my people need to know God, and my people need to have passions for God so that they have more satisfaction in God than food or sex or money or sports or media. Daniel 11:32 ..the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. He truly is Immanuel – God is with us. D. By giving ultimate purpose to the worst tragedies of life. Be sure to sign up to get updates on the latest sermon notes by Team JP. Moses and Aaron sought the Lord’s mind about what was happening. 4. When Paul preached in Athens, he complimented the Athenians by calling them very religious people. Because it is good for us and good for those around us. We are then assured of His providence, protection and provision. “He knows the way that I take.” How wonderful to know that God knows. "To be in Christ means to be joined with Jesus himself in his resurrection life. In this we see the unsaved receiving blessings simply from the presence of a saved person in their midst. Let’s start off with a bit of historic trivia. Because God is good, nothing happens to us that is not for our ultimate good. Are we showing the people a God who is angry or are we showing them a God who is full of grace and goodness? But Acts 4:12 says this about Jesus: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Salvation comes only through Jesus and his name. It will not last forever. H. By using them to accomplish his purposes. Sign up for our emails and use it to grow in your faith as well as to encourage others. Because you have a High Priest who intercedes for you. He will return and establish the millennial rule. . While we were still lost in our sins, a mother, a father, a son or a daughter, a neighbor or a friend at work befriended us, and unbeknown to us, brought our name before the throne of God. I do the best I can to CRAFT an effective message. He brought them out to bring them into the promised land. If everything God does is good and all His acts are the outflowing of His goodness, it would seem that this attribute embraces all His other attributes. The earth flys through space, the seasons change, the rivers flow, the fields give forth their produce-all for the general benefit of the human race. Today, we are looking at the story of the children of Israel in their 40th year in the wilderness: And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: "If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! "— Numbers 20:3–5 NKJV. In saying that, I do not mean to downplay the pain of tragedy or the sorrow of unexpected loss. Subscribe to the weekly sermon from Keep Believing Ministries. C. God’s good character sometimes means that He acts in ways that confuse and puzzle us (since we often mistake “pleasant” for “good”)—so God sometimes hides what He plans to do (v. 17; see also Isa. Why does God want us to demonstrate goodness? Your best days are yet ahead of you. Seeing her made him realize that God had saved him from a great mistake and preserved him for the right woman. And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? These are notes on the sermon, They study what we say and do, they watch whether or not we will live up to our own convictions. 7 Powerful Sermon Topics to Keep On Repeat (The list is not meant to be exhaustive. “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together.
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