When the foundations are being destroyed!
The foundation is what you build upon!
It is where your stability comes from!
Here's the bad news!
1 In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2 for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
3 if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" - Psalm 11:1-3
1. The foundation of the family is being destroyed!
It begins in the garden of Eden where Satan begins attacking the marriage and family of Adam and Eve by enticing them to sin which then leads to Cain killing Abel.
Satan aims in general to destroy what God has created.
Satan wants to destroy the witness of our marriage!
31 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. - Ephesians 5:31-32
Marriages usually fail because of two primary reasons.
Adultery- unfaithfulness
Sex outside of marriage is still sin!
Financial stress
How to spend your money or the lack of money
Ways to handle financial stress.
Put God first!
8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In your tithes and contributions.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the LORD of hosts.
12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the LORD of hosts. - Malachi 3:8-12
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. - Matthew 6:33
Create a budget!
Plan! Tithe!
Satan hates our children!
God has a purpose for every child!
Satan wants to take out the primary place of discipleship.
The first place to make disciples is in your home!
Satan wants to redirect the church away from evangelism!
Take the gospel to your neighbors!
Satan delights in scars he can attack later in life!
Our sinful past choices wreak havoc in our lives because Satan attacks these weaknesses.
The foundation of the pulpit is being destroyed!
The word of God is not being preached!
It's holy, it's relevant and it's the truth!
"The tragedy of this hour is that we have too many dead men giving out dead sermons to dead people!" Leonard Ravenhill
Preaching is from God, it pierces hearts, causes change and gives glory to God!
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. - 1 Corinthians 1:17
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; - Titus 1:1-3
35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him,
37 and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you."
38 And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out."
39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. - Mark 1:35-39
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, - Luke 4:16-18
1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. - 2 Timothy 4:1-6
11 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine on the land- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it. - Amos 8:11-12
8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
11 For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? - Romans 10:8-14
Preach "Thus says the Lord"!!
It will change the world!!
Repent!
The foundation of the gospel is being destroyed!
Share the good news that Christ saves!
If you die without Christ, you go to hell!
Lost is lost!
Christ alone paid your guilt offering!
The Blood of Christ alone delivers!
Nothing else will stand!
No works!
Christ alone!
On Christ alone you stand!!
1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, - 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
Thanks Pastor Kevin!!
