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INTRODUCTION:
One of the most common false belief’s about people is that we are generally good.
In our culture, and probably, in every culture that has ever existed - we are proudly good people.
>>>This is why we are so quick to take offense when someone questions our goodness.
We exclaim that we really aren’t that bad of person - after all
- And then we list out all of are good deeds.
- And then we list out all of the “Really Bad” sins that we don’t do.
But what we neglect to mention,
Is those private moments of wickedness and sin that no one knows about.
The thoughts we don’t worry about, because no one can read them.
The sin that people are too polite to remind us of.
The dirt that we have buried from our past.
If the homes of American’s could speak - what would they confess?
The Anger, bitterness, slander, wickedness, covetousness, selfishness, … And the guilt that we so cleverly hiding.
And the guilt that we so cleverly hide.
All that wickedness that we neglect to mention when we talk about our goodness.
The Famous Preacher, Charles Spurgeon - remarked once:
“When the true light comes, it reveals our bareness of all merit or excuse, and shows there is nothing in human nature, but that which provokes the Lord.
Our human nature is bent towards sin and rebellion against God.
but also bent towards rebellion against God.
>>> It is not good.
TRANSITION TO THE TEXT:
If we were truly honest - we would have to admit we are not really good people.
Our text this morning,
will challenge us about whether we are really people who follow God.
And if we truly honest - that sin points to the reality we are haters of God.
Our text recount the rebellion of Israel
but how ready our God is to forgive us.
As we consider this passage,
Everybody say Amen to that.
Our text recount the rebellion of Israel, but then points us to the vast mercy of God.
As we consider this passage,
let me challenge us to live by faith.
- we are haters of God.
We reject the purity and authority of God.
We reject the purity and authority of God.
This is why - often witnessing to people about Christ can be so emotional.
Because there is more going on then an intellectual set of ideas.
There’s hate.
This is why as a Christian - we struggle so much with sin.
Because we reject the authority of God.
This is why often a conversation about
PROP: We Ought To Live by Faith
TRANS: And this text gives us 4 ways we should live by faith.
EXHORTATION:
1.
The Bad News: We Have a Rebellious Nature.
EXHORTATION:
Now I know as I began here - many of you have heard a message like this many times.
But let me challenge you
- not only has God not glorified you yet (that is - made you perfect)
- but this particularly passage is going challenge us in ways we haven’t thought about.
>>>If there ever was a nation who we would expect to live as a Godly nation - it would have been Israel.
This passage teaches us as much about living for Christ, as the obvious need the unbeliever has for Christ.
This passage has as much to say about a Christians walk as it does about someone who is not a believer.
This passage has as much to say about a Christians walk as it does about someone who is not a believer.
>>>If there ever was a nation who we would expect to live as a Godly nation - it would have been Israel.
This passage is about a nation who we expect to be followers of God, but turn out to be a people who rebel against God.
This passage teaches us as much about living for Christ, as the obvious need the unbeliever to turn to Christ.
Consider how Ezra praises God for his blessings to Israel in .
Let’s be honest - Though the Gospel is so much better,
have you ever wished you could have God bless you in the same way he blessed Israel in the Exodus.
I mean - Wow! What a demonstration of the power and majesty of God.
What a demonstration of the power and majesty of God.
And you probably thought, if God did that in my life - I would never struggle with doubt again.
But does seeing great miracles from God make you no longer doubt God?
The reason that God showed the mighty wonders of the 12 plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea - was to teach the world that the LORD was a mighty and gracious God.
> It had an apologetic purpose showing how incomparable wood and stone idols are to the real living God.
Also,
> It was meant to show God as an incredibly gracious God.
And further,
> It was meant to be a rallying point for following God unconditionally.
They were to have no doubts about trusting God because his might power in the Exodus.
But did seeing the greatest miracles of God bring faith?
At least in the case of Israel,
- seeing the power of God didn’t make their doubts go away.
- Seeing the power of God didn’t make them worship God more.
Miracles alone don’t make people better followers of God
- because they always have a rebellious sin nature inside them.
This is why you need the Gospel
- you need something more than miracles to make you trust God
- you need the New life found in Christ.
Look at the life of Israel
- They saw great miracles, but still doubted God.
- They saw great miracles and yet still commited great idolatry.
Our passage summarizes Israel’s response to God - throughout their many generations.
In terms of faith, the miracles
Neh 9:
So some of the greatest miracles we find in Scripture brought one of the worst examples of faith in human history.
But why?
What lead them to to doubt and question God after seeing such mighty miracles.
This morning we will examine 4 ways we often fail to live by faith,
that if we were to submit God would dramatically change our walk with God.
Israel was:
Israel was:
We Ought to have:
1. Humility rather than Pride.
Isreal did the opposite of humbling themselves - or text says:
“But they and our fathers acted presumptuously”
“But they and our fathers acted presumptuously”
ESV translates this presumptuous.
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