A Godly Legacy

Senior Adults do you remember when?

The doctor made house visits.

Families went to church together.

Children showed respect to adults.

The family business was the farm and everyone worked.

Computers were never considered or necessary.

Entertainment was a family affair.

The family ate together.

Discipline problems at school was chewing gum not guns and knives.

Nearly 200 years ago there were two Scottish brothers named John and David Livingstone. John had set his mind on making money and becoming wealthy, and he did. But under his name in an old edition of the “Encyclopaedia Britannica” John Livingstone is listed simply as “the brother of David Livingstone.”

And who was David Livingstone? While John had dedicated himself to making money, David had knelt and prayed. Surrendering himself to Christ, he resolved, “I will place no value on anything I have or possess unless it is in relationship to the Kingdom of God.” The inscription over his burial place in Westminster Abbey reads, “For thirty years his life was spent in an unwearied effort to evangelize.”

On his 59th birthday David Livingstone wrote, “My Jesus, my King, my Life, my All; I again dedicate my whole self to Thee.”

Joshua 24:15 KJV 1900

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

I. David wrote the book of Psalms.

Psalm 1:6 (KJV 1900)

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 119:33 (KJV 1900)

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

Psalm 136:4–5 (KJV 1900)

4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: For his mercy endureth for ever.

5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: For his mercy endureth for ever.

II. Joshua led the people of Isreal into the promised Land

Joshua 24:29–31 (KJV 1900)

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

III. Paul was faithful until the end.

2 Timothy 4:7 KJV 1900

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

13 Books written by Paul

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

IV.Moses faithfully led the children of Isreal for over forty years.

Deuteronomy 34:7 KJV 1900

7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

V. Job never accused God wrongly.

Job 1:22 KJV 1900

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Job 42:17 KJV 1900

17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

VI. Simeon and Anna faithfully waited all their lives to see the Messiah born.

Luke 2:25–32 (KJV 1900)

25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart

In peace, according to thy word:

30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Luke 2:36–39 (KJV 1900)

36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.