HE SENT HIS WORD
PSALM 107:15-22
PSALM 107:15-22
Key verse: v. 20, “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
Introduction:
God has sent His Word throughout this world to meet the needs of mankind. It has transformed many lives over the centuries. It has mended the broken hearted and encouraged those that were discouraged.
The Word of God has done the ultimate service for man that he could not do for himself. It saved his soul the moment man put his truth in the Savior, Jesus Christ.
I. HE SENT HIS WORD TO ALL THE WORLD
A. His Word runs swiftly upon the earth, Psalm 147:15, “He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.”
1. An army has published His Word, Psalm 68:11, “The Lord gave the word: great was the company (army) of those that published it.”
2. The Word of God has had “free course” (free run) throughout the world, 2 Thessalonians 3:1,“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:”
a. Those who have heard it have been blessed, Luke 11:28, “But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.”
b. The Word reached deep into our hearts and souls, Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
B. The Word of the Lord came with healing, 2 Kings 20:4-5, “And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5- Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.”
1. Healing for our souls, Psalms 103:3, “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;”
2. Healing for our hearts, Psalms 147:3, “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds [GRIEFS].”
a. Out of the heart proceeds evil, Matthew 15:19, “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”
b. God gives us a new heart, Ezekiel 36:26, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
3. Healing for our spirits, Romans 7:6, “But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”
C. The Word of the Lord came with authority, Matthew 8:8, “The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”
1. The word of the humble sinner, “I am not worthy,” Psalm 10:17, “LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:”
2. The word of authority, “Speak the Word only,” Psalm 33:9, “For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it stood fast.”
a. The example of the leper, Matthew 8:2-3, “And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3- And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
b. The example of the man with an unclean spirit, Mark 1:25-27, “And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26- And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27- And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.”
II. HIS WORD HAS BLESSED MANY WHO REFUSE THE LORD PRAISE
A. God showed His Word to Israel, Psalms 147:19, “He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
A. God sent His Son to this world, John 1:11, “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”
1. He was rejected, Mark 8:31, “And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.”
2. He was hated, John 7:7, “The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.”
a. They hated Jesus because He brought to light the truth, John 3:19, “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
b. Men hate the Father also, John 15:23, “He that hateth me hateth my Father also.”
c. These are the ones who love death, Proverbs 8:36, “But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”
C. God expressed His love for the world in His Word, John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
1. God loves the sinner, Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
2. Today he offers salvation, 2 Corinthians 6:2, “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”
CONCLUSION:
God has preached His Word throughout the world and the time is coming to a close when He will send His Son Jesus back to claim His own from this world. He has done everything to save man from destruction in Hell, but men continue to reject His Word.