PSALM CHAPTER 44
The Importance of A Testimony:
It Is The Gift That Continues To Bless !

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1. GODLY TESTIMONY REQUIRES AN ACTUAL EVENT. V.1.
          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 BY THOSE WHO PASS IT ON.
        —CANNOT FOCUS ON THE WRONG. NUMBERS 11:5.
        —MUST HAVE THE FEAR OF THE LORD. PS. 66:16.
        —MUST HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH.
             2 THES. 2:10. LOVE OF THE TRUTH IS LOST TODAY.
        —ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TODAY. 2 TIMOTHY 4:4.
   B. FAITHFULNESS NEEEDED BY THOSE WHO HEAR. JAS 1:19.

2. FAITHFULNESS OF THE TESTIMONY. V.2.
   A. THE HISTORIC SECURITY. EPH. 4:29.
        THE LOGOS. PS. 119:140. PURITY OF THE WRITTEN WORD.
        THE RHEMA. PS. 119:160. HEBREW EQUIV TO RHEMA.
        THE WORD OF PEOPLE. ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING
            NEW. ACTS 17:21.
        WHICH SHOULD WE BELIEVE ?
            CAN WE TELL BETWEEN THEM ? I KINGS 3:9 (ASK),
            HEBREWS 4:12 (COMP TO THE WRITTEN WORD).
   B. THE ABSOLUTE GOAL—BRING ALL GLORY TO THE LORD !
        V. 3. 1 COR. 6:20.
                      WHY SHOULD WE WHEN PEOPLE
                            DON’T RESPOND TODAY ?
                                       1 PETER 2:12.
        OUR LIVES ARE SHORT AS IT IS. FOCUS ! JAMES 4:14.
        ALL GOOD THINGS WERE BROUGHT BY GOD.
             GENESIS 17:8, EX. 23:22-29.
        EVERY GOOD THING IS FROM GOD. JAMES 1:17.
        GOD OFTEN USES PEOPLE TO BRING GOOD THINGS
             ABOUT. V. 4-8. EPHESIANS 4:11,12, LEV. 25:55,
             JER. 26:5, 2 PETER 1:1.

3. TESTIMONY IS THE OUTWARD EVIDENCE OF A COVENANT.   V. 4—7.
   A. IT IS MADE WITH GOD. THAT MAKES IT THE HIGHEST TYPE.
        TITUS 1:2. GOD CANNOT LIE. ROMANS 11:29.
   B. IT GIVES A PROMISE ON GOD’S PART AND OURS.
        —GOD WILL DELIVER. V. 4-5. LUKE 4:18.
        —THERE ARE ENEMIES FROM WHOM WE NEED
            DELIVERENCE. ROMANS 15:31.
            *DIFFICULT CONCEPT IN EASY TIME. MATT. 6:13, GAL. 1:4.
        —WE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN GOD. V. 6. JAS. 1:6-7,
            2 COR. 1:24, ROMANS 5:1-2.
   C. WE MUST DEPEND UPON GOD TO DO HIS PART. V. 6.
        —WE CAN DO NOTHING OF OURSELVES. JOHN 15:5.
        —WHEN WE DEPEND ON THE LORD, WE ARE STRONG.
            2 COR. 12:10.

4. A GOOD TESTIMONY CLEARLY GIVES CREDIT TO GOD.    V. 8
   A. NEITHER WE NOR OUR OWN PLANS ARE WORTHY.
        PROV. 27:1, JAMES 4:16, ISAIAH 10:15,
   B. BOASTING IN OURSELVES IS FORBIDDEN BY FACTS.
        ROMANS 3:27.

5. A TESTIMONY OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IS VALID EVEN
IN TIMES OF GREAT TROUBLES.   V.9-17.
   A. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE AREN’T SEEING ?
        I COR. 13:12, REV. 3:17 (BLIND ?).
        —OUR OWN SINS ARE WORTHY TO BE JUDGED.
            HEB. 12:4-7, 1 COR. 11:30-33.
             >CAN A LACK OF FAITH BE CAUSE OF CHASTENING ?
             >ARE ACTIONS THE ONLY THINGS BEING JUDGED NOW ?
        —THAT WE SEE ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE, NOT ALL.
            2 PETER 1:9, JOB 29:14-25.
        —THAT THE TROUBLES ARE WORKING OUT THINGS FOR
            THE BETTER IN WAYS THAT GOD ALONE SEES.
            ROMANS 8:28.

6. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TESTIMONY FAILS TO
MATERIALIZE ?   V. 20-26. JAMES 4:17
   A. GOD KNOWS ABOUT ANY FAILURE. V. 21. MATT. 12:36.
        HOW SHOULD THIS AFFECT US ? LUKE 22:62, JOHN 21:17,
        2 TIM. 2:4, I JOHN 3:21-22.
   B. SEEMING LOSSES APPEAR TO HAVE NO GOOD REASON
        TO THE UNFOCUSED. V. 22. MATT. 13:13.
   C. PEOPLE THINK GOD HAS GONE TO SLEEP, WHEN IN FACT,
        THEY HAVE FAILED TO CONNECT. V. 23. MARK 4:38.