As you turn to this portion of Scripture let me read a letter Dr. Harry Rimmer wrote in 1953, just a week before his death. He wrote to the great radio Bible teacher, Dr. Charles Fuller who was just starting a series on heaven, just as we are doing. Listen and carefully ask yourself if your confidence is as firm as his. If not may I urge you to make preparation for heaven before its too late?
Next Sunday you are to talk about Heaven. I am interested in that land because I have held a clear title to a bit of property there for more than fifty-five years, I did not buy it. It was given to me “without money and without price.” But the donor purchased it for me at a tremendous sacrifice. I am not holding it for speculation, since the title is not transferable. It is not a vacant lot.
For more than half a century I have been sending materials, out of which the Great Architect and Builder of the Universe has been building a home for me, a home that will never be remodeled nor repaired because it will suit me perfectly, individually and will never grow old. Termites can never undermine its foundations, for they rest upon the Rock of Ages. Fire cannot destroy it. Floods cannot wash it away. No locks nor bolts will ever be placed on its doors, for no vicious person can ever enter that Land where my dwelling stands, now almost completed and almost ready for me to enter in and abide in peace eternally, without fear of being ejected.
There is a valley of deep shadows between the place where I live in California and that to which I shall journey in a very short time. I cannot reach my home in that city of gold without passing through this dark valley of shadows; but I am not afraid, because the best Friend I ever had, went through the same valley long, long, ago and drove away all its gloom. He has stuck by me through thick and thin since we first became acquainted fifty-five years ago, and I hold His promise in printed form that He will never forsake me nor leave me alone. He will be with me as I walk through the valley of shadows, and I shall not lose my way when He is with me.
I. In six masterful strokes, the eternal author etches his character and sufficiency toward us.
A. The divine teacher: God’s care that totally transforms
B. The divine witness: God’s testimony absolutely trustworthy
C. The divine directions: God’s statutes giving directions to only secure place in the universe
D. The divine decrees: God’s commands giving a clear portrait of God’s non-optional absolutes
E. The divine condition: fearing God, lovingly acknowledging by my actions God sees me
F. DIVINE DECISIONS. God’s judgments, His final word on everything! Non-negotiable living
1. GOD’S FINAL WORD “the judgments of the Lord”
2. GOD’S FAITHFUL WORD “are true” (absolutely true, never false)
3. GOD’S FIRM WORD “and righteous altogether” (mutual parts explain and defend one another)
BYT-26 – God’s Rewarded (970302AM)
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