Preaching GodJer. 31:30-34 – “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with

the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the

hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them,

saith the LORD. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I

will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall

all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will

remember their sin no more.

Preaching Christ• 1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you,

save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.• Ac 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of

Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

• Acts 2 – Preaching Christ is to preach the message of forgiveness and salvation.

• This implies that man knows of the seriousness of their guilt of sin. So the value of preaching Christ is based on that guilt.

• Ro 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. NOTE: Gal. 3:24,25

Generational• If you review religious history, it is interesting to see that

common subjects of controversy keep repeating itself from generation to generation.

• In the Old Testament, the phrase generation to generation or to the 3-4th generation keeps cropping up.

• Apparently, GOD intended men to “know” Him, to understand His intolerance to men with sin, His plan for man, His love for man, His power, His majesty, His character, His presence everywhere, His infinite knowledge and wisdom, etc. He consistently reminded Israel who is in charge, along with the nations of the world.

• From generation to generation, men would forget about God, and He’d remind them. Those who remembered Him, He’d draw closer to them. Ex. David

Fear Taught• Jer 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their own

heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:• 2Ki 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried

away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

• Jug 8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

• Ps 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

• Isa 54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

• Jer 28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.

Fear Taught• De 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,

and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

• Ps 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

• De 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

• De 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Fear Taught• De 6:2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all

his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

• De 6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

• De 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

• De 8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

• De 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

His Works Taught• De 3:24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy

greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

• Ps 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

• Ps 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

• Ps 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

• Ps 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

• Ps 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Don’t Forget• De 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the

things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

• De 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

• De 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

• De 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

• De 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

• De 9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

• Ps 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.• Ps 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there

be none to deliver.• Ps 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but

keep his commandments:

Intolerant toward Sin• Lev. 26: 15 -- And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my

judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

• 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

• 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

• 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

• De 25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

• Pr 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

• Pr 8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Need for Preaching Christ.• Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and

that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:• The need for preaching Christ was due to the

failures of men keeping the law and fearing God. • Multitudes gathered around Christ because they

knew from prophecy that He would come to save and bring forgiveness for their sin.

• When He came, men went forth preaching Christ, starting with John the Baptizer. But their pain from their sin, was based upon their fear of God’s wrath. They knew they were accountable to God. Acts 2

• Hard to teach salvation to those who don’t feel the severity of sin and being lost.

Need for Preaching God• Since obedience starts with the fear of God, we

need to preach God and know Him.• Knowing God brought about repentance in Israel,

because of God’s wrath and judgment.• Knowing God, today, will bring about repentance

in our lives also, knowing we are lost in sin, subject to death, and will account for those sins in judgment.

• Understanding this, would I choose to put off to tomorrow what I know needs to be done today?

• People who know the truth, don’t act upon it because they truly DON’T fear God or know God.

Scenario• A man walks up to a woman through the darkness, and

demands that you _________, and sticks a gun to your head, stating if you don’t do as he demands, he will shoot to kill you. Are you going to think this is Russian roulette, and he may not have the bullet in the chamber? No, you will probably obey.

• God comes to us, demanding we “keep His commandments”, or He will cast us in Hell for eternity. Is it Russian roulette thinking, if I make excuse to sin, that I might not be condemned (shot and killed) and go ahead and disobey?

• Friend, God will not overlook ONE SIN. Each sin is the bullet to our relationship with God, our Creator.

• If I really know God, I know He keeps His promises. Find strength to overcome the need to sin in your life….it will be your demise.

Conclusion• Eccl. 12:13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole

matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

• 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

• 2 Thess. 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

• 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

• 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Conclusion Knowing God, if today was the last day what

would you do?Obey the Gospel, being forgiven?Talk to those you love about their lost

condition?Relax and enjoy life?Spend time studying His Word, praise God,

etc.Do nothing.Live like you have been living.