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"Honey From The Rock
Contributed by Ken Harris on Aug 29, 2004 (message contributor)
Summary: The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that God promises are SIGNS THAT give reasons to EXPECT SUCCESS.
THE OPPOSITE OF ISAIAH. FOR IN JEREMIAH WE FIND
THE PROMISE OF THE ABSENCE OF GOD.
B. YES ... GOD PROMISES TO BE ABSENT FORM OUR LIFE
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. HE PROMISES TO LEAVE
US WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF HIS FELLOWSHIP.
C. ALL OF WHICH, IS THE MESSAGE OF JEREMIAH.
D. FOR JEREMIAH WAS SENT TO DECLARE TO THE PEOPLE OF
GOD THAT THEIR CITY WAS LOST AND AS A RESULT OF
their DISOBEDIENCE .... THEY WERE GOING INTO
CAPTIVITY FOR 70 YEARS.
E. GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES. FOR THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL; AND HE CAN NOT LIE (Titus
1:2 & Heb. 10:23)
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MOVE 6: FOR WHO CAN EVER FORGET THE PROMISES GOD
MADE TO David (in Psalm 89:3,4,35,36 & 2 Sam.
7:12) FOR GOD WORD SAYS ....
A. “I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY CHOSEN.
B. I HAVE SWORN UNTO DAVID MY SERVANT.
C. THY SEED WILL I ESTABLISH FOR EVER,A ND BUILD-UP
THY THRONE TO ALL GENERATIONS ...
D. I HAVE SWORN BY MY HOLINESS THAT I WILL NOT LIE
UNTO DAVID. HIS SEED SHALL ENDURE FOREVER... AND
HIS THRONE AS THE SUN BEFORE ME.
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MOVE 7: THEREFORE ... IN OUR TEXT TODAY TODAY ... WE
FIND A PSALM THAT SAYS (IN ESSENCE) WHEN WE
ARE WEAK ... OR STRONG ... THE LORD IS OUR
ROCK ...
A. HE’S OUR ROCKY WALL, BLOCK OF STONE ... HE’S OUR
STRENGTH, ...
B. THE PSALMIST ENDS ON A SWEETNOTE ... by saying GOD
IS MY HONEY FROM THE ROCK....
C. Now ... my brothers and sisters ... it’s
impossible to think of HONEY WITHOUT THINKING OF
BEES. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF
BEES (20-8000 per hive)....
D. QUEEN BEES (one per hive and her main function is
to produce bees),WORKER BEES (do all the different
task needed to maintain the hives), AND DRONES
(male bees which don’t have stingers)
E. BEES FIND CREVICES TO BUILD THEIR HIVES AND TO
MAKE THEIR HONEY.... THEY ARE SO CREATIVE ... THAT
THE WORKER BEE CONTRUCT THEIR HOMES EVEN IN A ROCK
....
F. ON LAST EVENING ... MY WIFE GOT THIS GRAND IDEA TO
WALK APSAN MOUNTAIN ... I HAD RUN IT BEFORE WITH MY
UNIT ... SO I DECIDED TO ACCOMPANY HER.
G. WHILE ON THE WALK IN THE MOUNTAIN, AT ONE POINT, WE
HAD TO FIGHT OFF BEES THAT THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO
DO HARM TO their HIVES.
H. FOR YOU SEE .... THE BEES HAD BUILD A HIVE IN THE
CREVICE OF THE ROCK IN THE MOUNTAIN ...
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CELEBRATION:
GOD’S WORD IS THE HONEY IN THE ROCK... AND HE’S THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION... WHAT HE PROMISES, HE ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM.