Hebrews 10:23
June 8, 2014 PM
20th Anniversary
Pastor Craig
Ledbetter
Bible Baptist
Church, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland
I.
Introduction (Heb 10:23)
A.
Why do people give up on God?
B.
Because they do not understand
the faithfulness of God!
C.
Faithfulness is the rock-solid
foundation of His character – the fact that he doesn’t change!
1.
Dependable, reliable,
dedicated to us, committed to doing what He sets out to do in us
2.
It all makes it possible for
anyone, strong or weak, to know they can fully trust and lean wholly upon Him
(Rev 19:11; Deut 7:9)
D.
Tonight, this is a reminder of
just how faithful our God is – how he will
E.
Our God is faithful! You can
depend upon Him
F.
The Failure of All Other
'gods'
1.
Cannot stay the same - must
evolve and change and develop
2.
Cannot
promise/predict/prophecy the future
3.
Cannot work all things
together for good
4.
Cannot love you back
5.
Cannot die for you
G.
But, God IS Faithful
1.
Always the same – the Eternal
One
2.
Knows the end from the
beginning
3.
Works ALL things together for
good
4.
Loves the whole world, but
especially His children
5.
Took on flesh to die in our
place!
H.
That’s the character of our
God!
II.
Message – God is Faithful
A.
God is Faithful First in Attracting Us
– Calling Us to himself (1Cor 1:9)
1.
He didn’t just set out to
attract us, and then got tired of it when we didn’t respond - He, thankfully,
stays on us until death
2.
God is faithful in trying to
get people to realize He is there, and trying to save them (Rom 2:4)
3.
He is like a Coon-dog – He
will not stop going after a racoon until he has caught it. Same with God!
4.
You can depend on Him to go
after sinners, just like He did you!
5.
Why don’t you get involved
with what He is actively involved in? AMEN
B.
God is Faithful In Saving Us
(1Tim 1:15)
1.
He is THOROUGH in saving us
(Heb 7:25) – didn’t overlook any detail,
didn’t leave anything to chance, or even up to US! He took care of every
debt we will ever owe!
2.
Saves us from our Past,
present and our future (2Cor 1:10) – hallelujah!
3.
That’s a faithful Saviour!
C.
God is Faithful In Keeping Us
(2Tim 2:13; Jude 1:24) – Protecting us
1.
Thank God he didn’t waste His
time saving us, only to lose us!
2.
He keeps us from losing what
we have, by sealing the Holy Spirit of God in us – glued Him in us!
3.
He keeps us on course by
keeping us in His hand (John 10:27-29)
4.
He keeps us safe in times of
temptation and troubles by never letting anything be more than we can handle
(1Cor 10:13; 1Pet 4:19; 2Thes 3:3; Heb 11:11) – we really need to believe this!
D.
God is Faithful In Loving Us
(Jer 31:3; 2 Thes 2:16)
1.
God Stays on Our Side – is FOR
Us (Heb 2:17)
2.
Because he really does love
us, and will stay in love with us
3.
That’s what a marriage is
supposed to be like – dependable, constant love
4.
Faithful love!
E.
God is Faithful In Using Us
(1Thes 5:24)
1.
What God wants anyone to do,
He will always enable them to do it
2.
Here is a great truth - God is
always using a person
a.
Yes, a Moses
b.
Even Pharaoh, with all his
stubbornness, was used by God
3.
Now one of them rejoiced in
doing great things with God, and the other experienced great shame for going
against God
4.
The key is to be right with
God so that God can use you for right, instead of for embarrassment!
F.
God is Faithful In Forgiving us
(1Jn 1:9)
1.
On a day to day basis, we go
against the Lord, and we sin against Him, and people
2.
After salvation, we are
expected to be more than conquerors
3.
Yet we fall, and fall and fall
some more
4.
When another person might give
up on us, and no offer forgiveness, Jesus remains faithful – he cannot wear out!
G.
God is Faithful In Revealing Himself to Us
(Philp 3:10)
1.
God is constantly trying to
reveal Himself to the world, but especially to His children
2.
God is faithful in not hiding,
but revealing Himself as we are able for it
3.
He reveals Himself in every
page of this Bible, and in every season of prayer, and even in every
circumstance of life – just look for Him!
III.
Conclusion
A.
What does that do to you?
B.
I’ll tell you what that helps
me with – it helps me in the following areas:
1.
Believe Him more – trust
2.
Do whatever he directs us to
do
3.
Be trustworthy ourselves –
worthy of people’s trust
4.
Be dependable, reliable
5.
Be faithful to my commitments