PSALM CHAPTER 50

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~~ How Great Is The Power of God’s Spoken Word ? ~~

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1. HE BROUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE OF CREATION.   V. 1
   A. HE BROUGHT THE EARTH INTO BEING. HEBREWS 11:3,
        2 PETER 3:5, GENESIS 1:3,6,9,11. GENESIS 1:28.
   B. HE BROUGHT THE SUN INTO BEING.
   C. HE CREATED THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY OPERATE.
        GENESIS 1:14. COLOSSIANS 1:16-17...THEIR
        OPERATION DEPENDS TOTALLY UPON HIM.
   D. HIS WORD DOES NOT LOSE ITS POWER OVER TIME.
        —JESUS—THE WORD OF GOD. GENESIS 15:1,4. JOHN 1:1.
        —MOSES TO GIVE HIS WORD. NUMBERS 20:8.
        —CENTURION UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF HIS WORD.
             MATTHEW 8:8.
        —PHILIP GIVEN THE WORD, AND THE MIRACULOUS
             HAPPENED. ACTS 8:26-39.
        —WE ARE MADE NEW BY THE WORD. 1 PETER 1:23.
        —WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY TO USE HIS WORD.
             LUKE 17:6.
             >EVEN DANGEROUS FOODS CHANGED BY THE WORD.
               1 TIM. 4:4-5.

2. BY HIS OWN WORD HE WILL BRING FORTH HIS PEOPLE.
   A. PICTURE OF THE RESURRECTION OF HIS PEOPLE (RAPTURE)
        CALLING ABOVE & BELOW. V. 3. 1 THES. 4:16, PS. 47:5.
   B. COMMAND TO (?) TO GATHER HIS PEOPLE. V.5.
        —GOD CAN USE INSTRUMENTS TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WORK.

3. HE REALLY DOESN’T NEED US, ONLY HIS WORD.   7-13.
   A. ANIMAL SACRIFICES ARE ALREADY HIS. V. 8-9. HEB. 10:5-8.
   B. OTHER SACRIFICES ARE FROM HIS OWN SUPPLY.
        WHAT TYPE OF SACRIFICE DOES HE WANT, THEN ?
             OUR OWN BODIES BY OUR OWN CHOICE. ROMANS 12:1-2,
                    PHILIPPIANS 2:17.
             TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR BEING. MARK 12:33.
             DOING GOOD AND COMMUNICATING. HEBREWS 13:16.
                    COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOST—GOD’S MESSAGE.
                    COMMUNICATING WITH THE SAVED—ADMONISHING—
                    ROM. 15:14, EDIFYING 1 THES. 5:11, EXHORTING HEB. 13:3.
             A WIDE VARIETY OF SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES. 1 PETER 2:5.
                    FERVENT, SACRIFICIAL PRAYER. PHILIPPIANS 2:25-30.
   C. BY HIS WORD HE WILL DELIVER US FROM TROUBLES.
                    PS. 34:17. DEUT. 31:17—THE REASON FOR TROUBLES.
        —WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO OFFER SACRIFICES. EZEK. 43:17.
        —WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO BELIEVE HIM AT HIS WORD.
                    PS. 130:5, REQUIRES ACTION—ACTS 2:41.

4. BY HIS WORD HE PROMISES JUDGMENT UPON THE WICKED.  
   A. THEY KNOW HIS WAYS. ROMANS 1:20. HOLINESS ?
   B. THEY DON’T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT HIS WORD MEANS. V. 17.
        ROMANS 1:28. 2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4.
   C. THEY JOIN WITH OTHER EVIL-DOERS. ROMANS 1:32.
        —GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION. V. 18. EPHESIANS 5:11.
        —GUILTY BY THEIR WORDS. V. 19.
        —GUILTY THROUGH THE EVIL USE OF THEIR WORDS. V.20.
   D. GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY WAITED. ACTS 14:16.

5. BY HIS WORD HE OFFERS FORGIVENESS AND NEW LIFE.   V.23.