Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Attention

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Main Idea: God is Faithful in Sharing the Word About Christ.

Are you?

Interrogative:

Transition:

Review verses 14-18

1. God is Faithful in Preaching His Gospel to The World (vs.

18)

Sometimes we might get the impression that the great missionary endeavor rests squarely on our shoulders.

But where did we get the idea of missions in the first place?

God.

God is the one most concerned about the lost.

God is the one who desires to see people saved and secure in Him.

God is not happy when the unrepentant sinner dies without being saved.

God has always desired for the lost to turn to him.

Those who are Jewish and those who are gentile.

God desires for all people to be saved and is working to that end.

God has been faithful in this missionary endeavor and will continue to be so.

Both for the jew and the greek.

Check out verse 18...

Paul leads with a question that harkens back to verses 14-17

Paul’s point then in verse 18 is they have indeed heard!

Why have they heard?

Because God is the great missionary.

And in every generation since the fall of man God has pursued the lost for salvation.

To prove his point, Paul quotes his first witness to answer his first question.

David’s Witness (one of three - why is this significant?)

Paul quotes Psalm 19:4 which is a psalm of David.

Now to be clear, Psalm 19:4 is speaking of General revelation that testifies to the fact that there is a Creator God.

Paul however quotes this verse with the idea of Special revelation in mind.

Special revelation is the revelation that salvation is available through Jesus Christ.

Notice what verse four says, “Their voice goes out through all the earth...” whose voice?

The voice of those inspired and invigorated by God to share the good news.

Those that paul refers to in verse 15 of this chapter...

Those with beautiful feet to use...

Romans 10:18 (ESV)

“Their voice (which) has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”

Do you see what Paul is saying here?

He is using a Psalm of David to show that the gospel has gone out to all the world, not just the Jews.

That God is communicating to all the world that he desires to redeem them from the eternal pit of destruction.

That is it God who is working through these beautiful feet who have gospel saturated voices to reach the nations with the gospel.

And God will keep at it until the last saved gentile comes to faith in Christ.

After the very last gentile becomes a follower of Christ, God will usher in the end of time as we know it.

Illustration - “Why I am a Christian is due ultimately neither to the influence of my parents and teachers, nor to my own personal decision for Christ, but to ‘the Hound of Heaven (Francis Thompson).’

That is, it is due to Jesus Christ himself, who pursued me relentlessly even when I was running away from him in order to go my own way.

And if it were not for the gracious pursuit of the Hound of Heaven I would today be on the scrap-heap of wasted and discarded lives.”

- John Stott “Why I am a Christian”

Argumentation - God is more passionate about the lost than you are and He is chasing them as the one an only Hound of Heaven.

But, here’s the interesting point.

You are one of the voices He speaks through.

You are one with beautiful feet that he has sent out into the world to carry the good news of salvation through Christ is available to those who repent and believe on Him.

Application - God faithfulness is through all generations.

He has and continues to get the salvation message out to all the earth.

He doesn’t need you, but man, He wants to use you!

What are you doing to work as the voice and feet of Christ to a world who desperately needs to hear the message about Christ.

How about this?

Tomorrow morning in your Personal Worship Time, ask God to send someone your way to talk about Jesus with.

Then, as you go throughout your day, be open to Jesus opportunities.

Take the opportunity when it arises.

Don’t shrink back!

Review - God is Faithful in Sharing the Word About Christ.

Are you?

God is Faithful in Preaching His Gospel to The World

2. God is Faithful in Teaching His Word to His People (vs.

19-20)

What do I mean by this?

God has not hidden his intentions regarding the gentiles salvation hidden from the Jews.

Their rescue from eternal condemnation has always been a part of His plan.

Check out the text and please notice the two other witnesses as I read.

Let’s take a closer look at the witnesses...

Mose’s witness - Cited from Deuteronomy 32:21 where Moses quotes God’s goal to use his pursuit of the gentiles as a means for causing anger and jealously of the Jewish people.

That is what he means when he call them “those who are not a nation” and “foolish nation.”

Foolish meaning uninformed or ignorant regarding the things of God and therefore foolish in comparison to God.

Paul uses this passage to prove all the way back in the Pentateuch, God had his sights on those outside of Judaism as well.

Isaiah’s witness - Cited from Isaiah 65:1 The great prophet make a very interesting statement “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

What this means is, God purposely turned to a people that were not actively seeking Him.

This sounds like what He says win Romans 3:10-11 (quote from Psalm 14:1-3)

God deliberately reverses the roles between himself and the Gentiles.

It would normally be for them to ask, seek and knock (as Jesus was later to put it), and to adopt towards him the respectful attitude of a servant at his master’s disposal, saying, ‘Here I am.’

Instead, although they did not ask or seek or offer themselves to his service, he allowed himself to be found by them, he revealed himself to them, and he even offered himself to them, saying humbly to them, ‘Here am I.’ This is dramatic imagery for grace, God taking the initiative to make himself known.

Again, Paul uses this passage to prove that he has been teaching the same material for a very long time!

The point?

And I do not want you to miss the beautiful literary technique Paul uses in this passage...

God, from the time of Moses taught His people about his desire to reach the gentiles.

Moses represents the Law.

Isaiah represents the Prophets.

And David represents the writings.

They represent the entirety of what we call the Old Testament.

Think about this! Paul makes a very clear point that the Jewish people have always been taught that the gospel goes to all nations and it has always been part of his plan.

And you know what?

They missed it.

Illustration - got a ticket because i was speeding.

Couldn’t plead ignorance.

Argumentation - Ladies and gentlemen who are Christians here this morning.

You must know the word that you have been taught.

This is Paul’s point to Timothy...

The Jews were properly instructed through the Law, Prophets, and Writings.

But they missed it.

What are we, the religious of this generation missing?

I have not always been a born-again believing baptist.