Below are notes to a sermon preached
Sunday evening, August 10, 2003, at Gospel Light Baptist Church,
Albany, Georgia. For more outlines, including a zipped file of all of
my 1999, 2000, and 2001 sermon outlines, click on the link at the
bottom of this note, and go to our website:
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD
IN RELATION TO OUR COURTS
By Michael D.
O'Neal
Pastor, Gospel Light Baptist
Church
Albany, Georgia
Scripture Reading:
Genesis 18:17-21
Text: Genesis 18:19
Genesis 18:19 For I know him,
that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do
justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which
he hath spoken of him.
Introduction: GOD BLESS AMERICA! That is my
earnest prayer! Truly, God
HAS blessed America, but
I fear that we have turned our backs on the
Author of our many blessings! In many ways, it seems that we have
FORGOTTEN GOD, which
brings to mind the scripture:
Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be
turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget God.
Let's not forget God!
I believe one of the areas in which we have forgotten Him is in
relation to our courts! When we pray for our leaders, we certainly need
to pray for the men who sit as judges across our country.
Do you know that God has a great deal to say about judges and judging?
- judge
170 verses
- judged
61
- judges
51
- judgeth
16
- judging
6
- judgment
285
- judgments 125
Pay attention, people, to God's emphasis on the matter. God's first
choice for rulership over Israel was not for a king, but for JUDGES. As
a matter of fact, one whole book of the Bible is called JUDGES!
I preached this morning on God's promise to Abraham. In our scripture
reading this evening, God said that He was going to warn Abraham that
he was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their wickedness. Their
MAIN abomination is that
which has been identified by the name of the
city, SODOMY. In Leviticus,
God said that some nations were VOMITED
out
of their lands for their sexual sins! In Hebrews 13:4, God said that He
would
JUDGE those who disobeyed
His authorized safe-sex practice: MARRIAGE.
Marriage, by the way, is only with a man and a woman in the Bible.
God said that Abraham would COMMAND
his children and that they would
keep the way of the LORD, to
do justice and JUDGMENT!
God commands that everyone judge RIGHTEOUSLY:
John 7:24 Judge not according
to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
There are many areas in which our judges are headed toward wrong
judgments, such as in the spanking of children for discipline. However,
here are some significant areas in which many of our courts have
exercised UNRIGHTEOUS judgment
and ruled AGAINST God!
I. SCRIPTURES
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
(Read)
The scriptures are
A. The supreme standard for ALL
laws
B. The sourcebook for true
scholarship
C. The secret to real success -
Joshua 1:8
II. SEEKING GOD IN PRAYER
2 Kings 1:7-10 (Read)
James 1:5-6 If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is
like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
A. For direction in education
- Madalyn Murray
O'Hair
- Government
education (public schools) - now are SCHOOLS
FOR FOOLS (Psalms 14:1)
B. For deliverance from enemies
C. For daily needs
III. SLAYING IN MURDER
Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by
man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made he man.
The above commandment was given as God entrusted human government to
Noah and his offspring (Dispensation of Human Government).
Evidences that we have forgotten God:
A. The slaying of unborn babies
- Proverbs 6:16-19
B. The sentence - anything other
than execution
C. The slowness of
execution - Ecclesiastes 8:11
IV. SEXUAL SIN
Leviticus 18:22-28
(Read)
Evidences that we have forgotten God:
A. Shacking up
B. Swapping mates
C. Sodomy and related sins
- Leviticus 18:22
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