HEALED BY THE WORD OF GOD--PSALM 107:1-3, 17-22

INTRODUCTION

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED?

SALVATION IS THE VICTORY OF OUR GOD OVER SIN

TRULY, THE SCRIPTURES SHOW THAT GOD IS EAGER TO SAVE, REDEEM, MEET US IN HIS NEED

JUST AS HUMANS ARE THE ONE’S WHO IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS GOD

THUS IT IS THE VICTORY OF OUR GOD

VICTORY OVER SIN, VICTORY OVER DEATH, VICTORY OVER THE OPPRESSION OF THE DEVIL

JUST AS HE SHOWS IN HIS PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

EXAMPLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

THE DEVIL COMES TO KILL, STEAL AND DESTRY BUT CHRIST HAS COME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OVERFLOWING LIFE

GOD’S TRIUMPH HAS PUT AWAY THE TRAGEDY THAT THE WICKED ONE CAUSES

ALL OF CREATION IS COMMANDED TO REJOICE FOR JOY T THE PRESENCE OF GOD

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, WE CELEBRATE IN THE HUMBLE BIRTH OF JESUS

CHRIST IS: OUR ADVOCATE, THE ALMIGHTY,THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, THE ANGEL OF HIS PRESENCE, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING, THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION, THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE, EMMANUEL-GOD WITH US, FAITHFUL AND TRUE

FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS

FRIENDS OF SINNERS

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL

THE I AM

THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

THE LAMB WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

THE LORD OF HOSTS

THE ROSE OF SHARON

THE LILY OF THE VALLEY

THE POTTER

THE PRINCE OF PEACE

WONDERFUL

COUNSELLOR

ALMIGHTY GOD

THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH

HE IS THE KING OF KING AND THE LORD OF LORD

THIS GOD IS THE LIVING GOD OVER ALL OF THE EARTH

HE IS THE WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE-NOBODY GETS TO THE FATHER BUT BY HIM

DENY HIM AND HE WILL DENY YOU

ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU

HIS COMING WAS TO DIE SO THAT HE COULD SAVE THE SINS OF HIS PEOPLE

THERE IS NO SIN TOO BIG OR TOO GREAT THAT HE CANNOT SAVE

HOWEVER, HE SAID, WHO HAS BEEN FORGIVEN MUCH SHALL LOVE MUCH

HE LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT HE ROSE FROM HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN, TOOK ON BODILY FLESH AND HUMBLED HIMSELF AS A SERVANT

HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES

Mark 10:45 KJV 1900

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

THIS IS WHAT BRINGS ME TO MY FIRST POINT

1. DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD

AS A NATION MOST OF INDIA DELIGHTS WHEN THE CRICKET TEAM WIN THE WORLD CUP

BUT WHAT ABOUT DELIGHTING IN HIS ENTRANCE INTO THIS WORLD TO SAVE FROM SIN-YOU ARE ON THE WINNING SIDE

THE PSALMIST DECLARES

Psalm 107:1 KJV 1900

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: For his mercy endureth for ever.

HE IS SO GOOD TO YOU, EVEN BETTER TO YOU THAN YOU’VE BEEN TO YOURSELF

HE IS ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO PRAISE GOD, SINCE HE HAS MADE SALVATION FOR ALL

WHEN JESUS HEALED THE 10 LEPERS ONLY 9 CAME BACK WITH PRAISE

ONE OUT OF 10 CAME BACK TO THANK GOD

MANY PEOPLE GET THEIR MIRACLE AND THEN THEY GO THEIR OWN WAY

BUT ONE PERSON REALIZED THAT HE MUST GO BACK TO THANK THE ONE WHO HEALED HIM

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND IF YOU ARE GOING TO THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE

JESUS ASKED THE LEPER, WEREN’T THERE 10 OF YOU AND ONLY ONE COMES BACK

IT’S TRUE THAT VERY FEW COME BACK TO PRAISE HIM

EVEN WHEN JESUS WAS BORN, THE SHEPHERDS RECEIVED A MESSAGE ABOUT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST AND WHEN THEY HEARD

Luke 2:23 KJV 1900

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

LUKE 2:23

WHEN THE LEPERS CAME BACK THE ONE THAT PRAISED HIM RECEIVED SOMETHING THAT THE OTHERS DIDN’T, ALL OF THE RECEIVED HEALING

HOWEVER, HE RECEIVED HEALING AND WHOLENESS

EVERY EMPTY PLACE IN HIS LIFE WAS FILLED UP AND HE WAS MADE COMPLETE

HAVE YOU EVER HAD GOD’S GOODNESS PASSOVER YOU

YOU WERE FRUSTRATED BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN GOD’S GOODNESS PASSED OVER YOU

YOU WERE WORRIED ALL NIGHT, COULDN’T SLEEP, BUT GOD’S GOODNESS PASSED OVER YOU AND YOU KNEW EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK

THE PSALMIST SAYS, YOUR MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER

HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF MERCY ISN’T THE NORMAL MERCY\THIS IS A MERCY THAT IS COMMITTED TO YOU

CAN YOU IMAGINE ALMIGHTY GOD COMMITTED TO YOU

IT IS THE HEBREW WORD HESED-what is beyond desired OR DESERVED

SOME SAY, HESED, IS DEFINED AS THE RELATIONSHIP OF RELATIVES

WHEN HIS COVENANT PEOPLE ARE HELPLESS TO SAVE THEMSELVES, GOD TAKE UP THE INITIATIVE BY DEMONSTRATING LOVE, KINDNESS, AND SALVATION

THIS IS HESED-IT HOLDS ONTO YOU NO MATTER WHAT

THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN REDEEMED ARE TO TESTIFY AND LET OTHERS KNOW

THEY WERE REDEEMED FROM THE HARDSHIP AND SLAVERY OF PHARAOH

THEY WERE REDEEMED FROM THE BABYLONIANS AND THIS IS TO BE EXPRESSED

NOW THEY WERE ABOUT READY TO BE REDEEMED FROM THEIR GREATEST ENEMY-SIN

\IF THE WORST HAS HAPPENED TO US, AND BY GOD’S GRACE WE HAVE LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT, THEN DO SO

REVELATION TALKS ABOUT THE SAINTS AND SAYS, THEY OVERCAME THE EVIL ONE BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY

IF GOD HAS DELIVERED YOU FROM A DIFFICULT SITUATION, NOW IS THE TIME TO GET UP AND GIVE HIM A HAND OF PRAISE

BECAUSE IF HE DID IT BEFORE, HE CAN DO IT AGAIN-JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER

MY SECOND POINT BEARS A PROBLEM

2. DESTROYED

THE PSALMIST IS BASICALLY TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

FIRST, HE CLLS THEM FOOLS DUE TO THEIR BAD JUDGEMENT

HE HAS A LACK OF DISCIPLINE AND HAS NO CONVICTION OF HIS SINS

HE HAS FORGOTTEN THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND LIVES WITHOUT RESTRAINT

FOOLS BECAUSE HE HAS NEGLECTED THAT SIN AND INIQUITY HAS CONSEQUENCES

FOOLISH BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT HE WILL STILL LIVE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD CARRYING ON WITH HIS BEHAVIOR

FOOLISH BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT HIS AFFLICTION IS AN ATTACK OF THE ENEMY WHEN HE HAS BROUGHT IT UPON HIMSELF

WE HAVE A FINE LINE HERE, THERE ARE THOSE WHO THE DEVIL ATTACKS BECAUSE THEY ARE FULFILLING THE PURPOSE OF GOD IN THEIR LIVES

AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING DUE TO THEIR OWN FOOLISH ACTIONS

THESE ARE THE ONE’S THAT ARE AFFLICTED DUE TO THEIR NEGLECT OF SIN

THEY FAIL TO CHANGE AND DEAL WITH IT

THEY LIVE AS IF GOD IS STILL GOING TO BLESS THEM IN THEIR POLLUTED LIFESTYLES

GOD DOES NOT SEND ILLNESS OR TRAGEDY TO PUNISH

HOWEVER, SINFULNESS AFFECTS THE HUMAN BODY

ABUSE

OVERWORK

STRESS

DESPAIR

BAD RELATIONSHIP

DEPRESSION

UNEXPRESSED GRIEF

GUILT OR SHAME

REJECTION AND ISOLATION

LOW SELF-ESTEEM

ADDICTIONS

ALL OF THESE MAY COME FROM HUMAN SELFISHNESS

SIN IS SEPARATION FROM GOD, EVEN MISSING THE MARK

I FEEL AFFLICTED WHEN I’M SEPARATED FOR SOME REASON FROM GOD

THEY ARE UNGRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ANYTHING

LOOK AT HOW FAST THAT ISRAEL, BEING FREED FROM 400 YEARS OF SLAVERY, QUICKLY CEASED TO TRUST IN GOD’S PROVISION AND COMPLAINED AGAINST GOD

Numbers 21:4–9 KJV 1900

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

NUMBERS

AGAIN AND AGAIN MAN CALLED OUT IN THEIR DISTRESS AND IN THEIR TROUBLE AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, GOD RESCUES THEM

TODAY, WHOSEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE DELIVERED

GOD EVEN SAYS, CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU WITH GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS WHICH I DID NOT KNOW

HE HAS NOT CHANGED

WE CHANGE, BUT HE NEVER CHANGES

EVEN IN OUR TEXT, THE PEOPLE ARE IN TROUBLE AND CRIED TO GOD AND GOD ANSWERED THEIR PRAYER

GOD CAN ANSWER YOUR PRAYER TODAY

YOU MAY BE IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE, SOME KIND OF DISTRESS, BUT NOTHING IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOD.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO POINT 3.

3. DELIVERANCE

THE SAME GOD THAT TOOK A NATION OF SLAVES AND MOVED THEM OUT OF THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD CAN STILL SAVE

THE SAME GOD WHO GVE GIDEON AND DAVID VICTORY CAN STILL SAVE

THE GOD WHO BROUGHT ISRAEL BACK FROM BABYLONIAN BONDAGE CAN STILL SAVE

IF YOU ARE BOUND TO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE FREE

YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM YOUR PROMISES THAT NOTHING CAN GET THEM BACK

UT THE GIFTS AND CALLINGS OF GOD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE

THAT MEANS THAT HE DOES NOT TAKE YOUR GIFT AND GIVE IT AWAY

YOU MAY BE BOUND BY A RELATIONSHIP, A FRIENDSHIP, A JOB BUT GOD CAN SET YOU FREE TODAY

WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS LIBERTY

AND WE ARE CELEBRATING WHEN THE WORD ENTERED THIS WORLD

THE BIBLE SAYS, HE SENT HIS WORD AND HEALED THEM ABD DELIVERED THEM FROM ALL THEIR DESTRUCTIONS

GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU FROM ANYTHING TODAY

AN UNGODLY BEHAVIOR, AN ADDICTION, A BAD RELATIONSHIP, POVERTY, LACK, FROM PRIDE WE ARE CELEBRATING THE ENTRANCE OF THE WORD INTO THE WORLD TODAY

THE BIBLE CALLS JESUS CHRIST, THE WORD, AND IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD.

JOHN SAID, AND THE WORD DWELT AMONG US AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF ONLY THE BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH

HIS WORD IS HERE TODAY TO SET YOU FREE, FREE FROM YOUR OWN WAYS, FREE FROM YOUR SINS

THIS WORD IS FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH

HE IS HERE TO HEAL YOU TODAY

HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART, FAMILY, BUSINESS, YOUR MINISTRY

HE IS HERE TO HEAL YOUR FAITH, FIGHT, WORSHIP, PRAYER, AND PRAISE

HE IS HERE TO HEAL YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE, THE DREAMS YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU LOST, THE VISION THAT APPEARS SO DIFFERENT

HE IS HERE TO DELIVER FROM EMOTIONAL TIES, FROM PHYSICAL TIES, FROM THE STORM THAT IS TOO STRONG

WHATEVER IS TRYING TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE TODAY, HE IS THE WORD THAT WILL DELIVER YOU FROM ALL OF YOUR DESTRUCTIONS

WHATEVER IS TRYING TO DESTROY YOU, HE WILL HEAL YOU

YOU WERE NOT DESTINED FROM DESTRUCTION, YOU WERE DESTINED FOR HIS LOVE AND NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

DESTRUCTION MAY BE IN VIEW BUT

Luke 21:28 KJV 1900

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE AND RECEIVE

YOU CAN WALK OUT OF HERE TODAY WITH A SINFUL HEART OR YOU CAN WALK OUT OF HERE TODAY WITH A HEALED HEART