God Hath Spoken!
A. TEXT INVOLVES 4 VERSES, BUT JUST ONE VERSE
B. MAIN CLAUSE: GOD / HATH SPOKEN!
C. DIFFICULT PERHAPS -- BUT SIMPLE PROFOUND TRUTH.
A. THINK OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS. WHEN THE PRESIDENT OR SOME MOVIE STAR SPEAKS, ALL LISTEN. GOD IS GREATER.
B. HE IS OUR CREATOR - HE KNOWS EVEN OUR HEARTS - OUR JUDGE.
WHAT HE SAYS IS ABOUT US AND OUR DESTINY.
C. CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO LISTEN?( Matt. 10:28; Heb. 10:31 ).
D. HIS WORD IS TRUTH( John 17:17 ).
E. YET MANY DON'T LISTEN( Matt. 13:14-15 ).
F. WHAT IF GOD HAD NOT SPOKEN.
1. Man would be blind( Jer. 10:23 ).
2. Man would be lost in sin( 1 Cor. 1:21 ).
A. GOD SPOKE THIS WAY IN THE PAST( Heb. 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:10-11 ).
B. BUT TODAY, IN THESE LAST WAYS, IN JESUS( Heb. 1:1-2; John 1:18 ).
C. JESUS SPEAKS THRU THE HOLY SPIRIT( John 16:13; 14:26 ).
D. THE HOLY SPIRIT THRU THE APOSTLES( Eph. 3:5 ).
E. THE APOSTLES SPOKE( 1 Cor. 2:13 ) AND WROTE( Eph. 3:3-4 ).
F. THEIR TEACHING CONSTITUTES LAW( Luke 10:16; John 12:48 ).
G. THE REVELATION IS COMPLETE!
1. We have all things in the Scriptures( 1 Pet. 1:3; 2 Tim. 3:16-17 ).
2. "Once for all..."( Jude 3; Heb. 7:26-27; 10:10, 12, 14 ).
3. Latter day revelations are false( Gal. 1:8-9 ).
A. TO GUARD AGAINST ERROR( Acts 17:11; 1 John 4:1, 6 ).
B. TO FASHION AN ACCEPTABLE LIFE( Rom. 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-12 ).
C. TO BE ABLE TO TELL OTHERS( 1 Pet. 3:15 ).
D. FOR OUR OWN SALVATION.
1. It is God's Power( Rom. 1:16-17; Jas. 1:21 ).
2 .It will judge us( John 12:48; Heb. 4:12 ).
3. Always right( John 17:17 ).
A. WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE? ARE YOU LISTENING?
B. Matt. 7:21; Heb. 2:1-3.