For Christ's Sake God Will Not Forsake Us As His People

I. EXORDIUM:

Are we forsaken by GOD?

No, NEVER, in any way.

Deuteronomy 31:6 (Amplified Bible)

Be strong, courageous, and firm; fear not nor be in terror before them, for it is the Lord your God Who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you.

Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Bible)

Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers/unbelievers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that GOD will never forsake us because He has already forsaken the LORD JESUS on our place, and GOD is well pleased to make us His people.

IV. TEXT:

1 Samuel 12:22 (Amplified Bible)

The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You will never forsake us, not in any way relax Your hold on us and You are well pleased to make us your people.

VI. TITLE:

For CHRIST's sake GOD will not forsake us as His people

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: unknown

B. Date written: After 1011 B.C.

C. Purpose: To record the founding of the Hebrew monarchy

D. To whom written: The nation of Israel

E. Keyword: king

F. Key verses:

1 Samuel 8:7-8 (Amplified Bible)

And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be King over them.

According to all the works which they have done since I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they also do to you.

1 Samuel 15:22 (Amplified Bible)

Samuel said, Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

VIII. MAIN BODY:

1 Samuel 12:22 (New King James Version)

For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

1 Samuel 12:22 (Amplified Bible)

The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself.

A. The LORD GOD will not forsake us for the sake of CHRIST JESUS's Name.

"The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake,"

Forsake or "natash" in the Hebrew language meaning "to pound, that is smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, reject, let alone, permit, let fall, forsake, leave, suffer" The ALEPH-TAV signature of the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the Ending was placed after the word "forsake" giving it a special meaning. The LORD GOD was forsaken so we will not be forsaken.

Mark 15:34 (Amplified Bible)

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?—which means, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me [deserting Me and leaving Me helpless and abandoned]?

Psalms 22:1 (Amplified Bible)

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] Aijeleth Hashshahar [the hind of the morning dawn]. A Psalm of David. MY GOD, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

The LORD JESUS CHRIST in His love for us changed places with us, instead of us being crucified, He took the suffering on Himself, by becoming not the lowest of slave - humans, but the sins of humans

2 Corinthians 5:21 (Amplified Bible)

For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

ILLUSTRATION: I am amazed and often times cry at the unbelief of people around me. They don't lack the intelligence to accept what's written on the bible, but they devise philosophical ways to evade and not believe GOD'S WORDS but their own opinion, what they have been taught. I cry because I know they will regret their decisions in hell, not to accept the LORD JESUS is a nightmare. They will regret their decisions of not accepting the LORD JESUS, for He is the Only Way to be saved.