{"id":455,"date":"2015-03-10T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=455"},"modified":"2015-03-10T03:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T03:15:00","slug":"psalm-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/psalm-44\/","title":{"rendered":"PSALM 44"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 41 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 44<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Importance of A Testimony: <\/em><\/span>
\nIt Is The Gift That Continues To Bless !<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

1. GODLY TESTIMONY REQUIRES AN ACTUAL EVENT. <\/span><\/span>V.1.
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT GOD DID. REQUIRED. DEUT. 8:2.
\nWHAT BROUGHT GLORY TO HIM. DEUT., 32:7-8.
\nWHAT ACCOUNTING DO WE HAVE FOR SUCH THINGS ?
\nROMANS 14:2. THE TRUTH WILL BE THERE.
\nA. FAITHFULNESS NEEDED BY THOSE WHO PASS IT ON.
\n\u2014CANNOT FOCUS ON THE WRONG. NUMBERS 11:5.
\n\u2014MUST HAVE THE FEAR OF THE LORD. PS. 66:16.
\n\u2014MUST HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH.
\n2 THES. 2:10. LOVE OF THE TRUTH IS LOST TODAY.
\n\u2014ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TODAY. 2 TIMOTHY 4:4.
\nB. FAITHFULNESS NEEEDED BY THOSE WHO HEAR. JAS 1:19.<\/p>\n

2. FAITHFULNESS OF THE TESTIMONY. <\/span><\/span> V.2.
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. THE HISTORIC SECURITY. EPH. 4:29.
\nTHE LOGOS. PS. 119:140. PURITY OF THE WRITTEN WORD.
\nTHE RHEMA. PS. 119:160. HEBREW EQUIV TO RHEMA.
\nTHE WORD OF PEOPLE. ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING
\nNEW. ACTS 17:21.
\nWHICH SHOULD WE BELIEVE ?
\nCAN WE TELL BETWEEN THEM ? I KINGS 3:9 (ASK),
\nHEBREWS 4:12 (COMP TO THE WRITTEN WORD).
\nB. THE ABSOLUTE GOAL\u2014BRING ALL GLORY TO THE LORD !
\nV. 3. 1 COR. 6:20.
\nWHY SHOULD WE WHEN PEOPLE
\nDON\u2019T RESPOND TODAY ?
\n1 PETER 2:12. <\/i> <\/b>
\nOUR LIVES ARE SHORT AS IT IS. FOCUS !<\/b><\/i><\/span> JAMES 4:14.
\nALL GOOD THINGS WERE BROUGHT BY GOD.
\nGENESIS 17:8, EX. 23:22-29.
\nEVERY GOOD THING IS FROM GOD. JAMES 1:17.
\nGOD OFTEN USES PEOPLE TO BRING GOOD THINGS
\nABOUT. V. 4-8. EPHESIANS 4:11,12, LEV. 25:55,
\nJER. 26:5, 2 PETER 1:1.<\/p>\n

3. TESTIMONY IS THE OUTWARD EVIDENCE OF A COVENANT.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 4\u20147.
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. IT IS MADE WITH GOD. THAT MAKES IT THE HIGHEST TYPE.
\nTITUS 1:2. GOD CANNOT LIE. ROMANS 11:29.
\nB. IT GIVES A PROMISE ON GOD\u2019S PART AND OURS.
\n\u2014GOD WILL DELIVER. V. 4-5. LUKE 4:18.
\n\u2014THERE ARE ENEMIES FROM WHOM WE NEED
\nDELIVERENCE. ROMANS 15:31.
\n*DIFFICULT CONCEPT IN EASY TIME. MATT. 6:13, GAL. 1:4.
\n\u2014WE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN GOD. V. 6. JAS. 1:6-7,
\n2 COR. 1:24, ROMANS 5:1-2.
\nC. WE MUST DEPEND UPON GOD TO DO HIS PART. V. 6.
\n\u2014WE CAN DO NOTHING OF OURSELVES. JOHN 15:5.
\n\u2014WHEN WE DEPEND ON THE LORD, WE ARE STRONG.
\n2 COR. 12:10.<\/p>\n

4. A GOOD TESTIMONY CLEARLY GIVES CREDIT TO GOD. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 8
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. NEITHER WE NOR OUR OWN PLANS ARE WORTHY.
\nPROV. 27:1, JAMES 4:16, ISAIAH 10:15,
\nB. BOASTING IN OURSELVES IS FORBIDDEN BY FACTS.
\nROMANS 3:27.<\/p>\n

5. A TESTIMONY OF GOD\u2019S FAITHFULNESS IS VALID EVEN
\nIN TIMES OF GREAT TROUBLES.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V.9-17.
\n<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0 A. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE AREN\u2019T SEEING ?
\nI COR. 13:12, REV. 3:17 (BLIND ?).
\n\u2014OUR OWN SINS ARE WORTHY TO BE JUDGED.
\nHEB. 12:4-7, 1 COR. 11:30-33.
\n>CAN A LACK OF FAITH BE CAUSE OF CHASTENING ?
\n>ARE ACTIONS THE ONLY THINGS BEING JUDGED NOW ?
\n\u2014THAT WE SEE ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE, NOT ALL.
\n2 PETER 1:9, JOB 29:14-25.
\n\u2014THAT THE TROUBLES ARE WORKING OUT THINGS FOR
\nTHE BETTER IN WAYS THAT GOD ALONE SEES.
\nROMANS 8:28.<\/p>\n

6. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TESTIMONY FAILS TO
\nMATERIALIZE ?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 V. 20-26. <\/b>JAMES 4:17
\nA. GOD KNOWS ABOUT ANY FAILURE. V. 21. MATT. 12:36.
\nHOW SHOULD THIS AFFECT US ? LUKE 22:62, JOHN 21:17,
\n2 TIM. 2:4, I JOHN 3:21-22.
\nB. SEEMING LOSSES APPEAR TO HAVE NO GOOD REASON
\nTO THE UNFOCUSED. V. 22. MATT. 13:13.
\nC. PEOPLE THINK GOD HAS GONE TO SLEEP, WHEN IN FACT,
\nTHEY HAVE FAILED TO CONNECT. V. 23. MARK 4:38.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 41 of 65 in the series Psalms<\/a><\/div>

PSALM CHAPTER 44 The Importance of A Testimony: It Is The Gift That Continues To Bless !   1. GODLY TESTIMONY REQUIRES AN ACTUAL EVENT. V.1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT GOD DID. REQUIRED. DEUT. 8:2. WHAT BROUGHT GLORY TO HIM. DEUT., 32:7-8. WHAT ACCOUNTING DO WE HAVE FOR SUCH THINGS ? ROMANS 14:2. THE TRUTH WILL BE THERE. A. FAITHFULNESS NEEDED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}