GOD’S SPIRITUAL “BAIL OUT PLAN” 2/22/09
2 Chron 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
INTRODUCTION: WE HAVE HEARD MUCH ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT “BAIL OUT” PROGRAMS LATELY. THE GREAT STIMULUS PROGRAM THAT PROMISES TO PUT US ALL BACK ON ECONOMIC STABILITY. *
NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS PROGRAMS HAVE HAD MUCH TO REPORT ON THE VARIOUS PLANS TO “BAIL OUT” DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES FLOUNDERING IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS.
LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU TODAY, GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A SPIRITUAL “BAIL OUT” PLAN FOR HIS PEOPLE WHO ARE FLOUNDERING IN SIN, AND IT HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVELY FOR MORE YEARS THAN OUR GOVERNMENT HAS EXISTED.
IT CONSISTS OF REPENTANCE OF SIN AND FULL RESTORATION OF GOD’S GRACE.
I. GOD HAD A PLAN FOR MAN’S INITIAL SIN.
Gen 3:8-11
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou was naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
(EXPLAIN THEIR PERFECT LIFE AND PERFECT ENVIRONMENT)
(A)GOD HAD GIVEN ADAM SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO EAT OF THE TREE IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN.
1. HE HAD PROVIDED ADAM AND EVE WITH ALL THAT THEY WOULD EVER NEED TO SURVIVE. YET MAN FOUND A WAY TO GET GREEDY AND DISOBEY GOD.
1. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM MANKIND HAS TODAY IS DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD.
2. WE GET IN TROUBLE WITH GOD BECAUSE WE DISOBEY HIM
(B) EVE WAS DECEIVED BY SATAN, AND PARTOOK OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
1. INVITE THE DEVIL TO LUNCH AND YOU WILL GET STUCK WITH THE BILL.
2. SHE LISTENED, SHE LOOKED, SHE LUSTED, SHE LINGERED, And SHE SINNED.
3. LOOK AT THE ATTACK SATAN USED. LUST OF THE EYE, LUST OF THE FLESH, PRIDE OF LIFE.**
4. THE SAME OLD TOOLS HE USES TODAY. WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVEN EFFECTIVE FOR HIM.
(C ) GOD HAD A BAIL-OUT PLAN FOR THEIR SIN.
1. HE MADE COATS OF SKIN TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS.
2.WAS IT COSTLY? VERY!!!! MOST COSTLY WARDROBE EVER CREATED.**
LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAD--------PARADISE
3. THEY TRADED THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENT HOME** FOR THE TOILS OF LIFE WITH LABOR AND SWEAT AND THORNS AND THISTLES. PAIN AND DISCOMFORT.(HAD TO LEAVE THAT HOME OF PERFECTION)
4. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN WOULD FOREVER BE A PART OF THEIR LIVES
5. GOD TRULY “BAILED THEM OUT” OF SIN BUT THE PRICE WAS GREAT.
SIN TAKES YOU FARTHER THAN YOU WANT TO GO. KEEPS YOU LONGER THAN YOU WANT TO STAY AND COST MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO PAY.
6. IT WILL COST YOU YOUR SELF RESPECT, HAPPINESS, JOY IN THE LORD.
II. GOD HAD A BAIL OUT PLAN FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
GOD’S CHILDREN HAD BEEN IN BONDAGE FOR MANY YEARS.
(A) GOD CHOSE MOSES TO DELIVER THEM FROM BONDAGE.
1. HE SAID GO AND SPEAK TO PHARAOH. : “LET MY PEOPLE GO”
HE WON’T LISTEN, BUT GO ANYWAY BECAUSE HE WILL EVENTUALLY.
2. MOSES DID WHAT MOST BAPTIST DO BEST; HE ARGUED WITH GOD, PUT UP EVERY EXCUSE IMAGINABLE.
3. I DON’T SPEAK WELL, THEY WON’T BELIEVE ME, HE WON’T LET THEM GO.
4. AMAZING HOW MAN SEEMS TO THINK HE KNOWS MORE THAN GOD!!
(B) GOD HAD A SURE FIRE PLAN THAT WOULD WORK (HIS ALWAYS DO)
1. I’LL SEND AARON WITH YOU, HE SPEAKS WELL
2. TELL THEM “I AM” SENT YOU, THEY WILL BELIEVE YOU THEN.
3. BEFORE I’M DONE PHARAOH WILL BE GLAD TO LET YOU LEAVE.
( C ) GOD’S PLAN WAS TESTED AND TRIED BUT IT PROVED TO EVENTUALLY WORK.
1. HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY GIVE UP AND GIVE IN TO SATAN JUST AS VICTORY IS IN SIGHT.
2. MOSES WENT BEFORE PHARAOH AND PLEADED HIS CASE AND THE MATTER GOT MUCH WORSE. (TASKMASTERS WERE EVEN HARDER)
SOMEONE ONCE SAID CHEER UP, IT COULD BE WORSE, I CHEERED UP AND SURE ENOUGH IT GOT WORSE.
3. MOSES WENT TO GOD AND SAID: “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? THINGS ARE EVEN WORSE NOW. (PUT HIS FOOT RIGHT SQUARE IN HIS MOUTH)
GOD SAID: GEN. 6:2 MOSES, I AM THE LORD!!!!!
4. HAVE YOU EVER QUESTIONED GOD? (BE HONEST)
(D) GOD PUT HIS PLAN TO WORK IN FULL ACTION.
1.ALLTHE WATER WAS TURNED TO BLOOD*, BUT PHARAOH STOOD FIRM
2. HE BROUGHT FROGS UPON THE LAND, COVERING EVERYTHING*
AND PHARAOH SAID “TOMORROW” YOU CAN GO A LITTLE WAYS AND WORSHIP. HE LIED OF COURSE.
3.GOD SENT A GOOD CASE OF LICE TO COVER THE LAND.
4. HE SENT SWARMS OF FLIES ACROSS THE LAND, INTO EVERYTHING.
PHARAOH SAID, YOU CAN GO WORSHIP, BUT DON’T GO TO FAR.
5. HE SENT A PLAGUE OF DEATH UPON EVERY EGYPTIAN’S ANIMALS.
6. HE SENT A PLAGUE OF BOILS UPON THEM
7. HE SENT A PLAGUE OF HAIL UPON THEM, WORSE THAN EGYPT HAD EVER SEEN.
8. GOD SAID: “TELL PHARAOH I COULD HAVE WIPED ALL OF YOU OFF THE EARTH BY NOW, BUT I WANT YOU TO LIVE TO SEE MY PLAN FINISHED.
9. GOD SENT LOCUST UPON THE LAND TO DEVOUR IT.
10. HE SENT A PLAGUE OF DARKNESS, COVERING EVERYTHING BUT GOSHEN.*
11. THEN GOD GOT REAL SERIOUS WITH PHARAOH, HE SENT A “DEATH SENTENCE” UPON EVERY FIRSTBORN SON IN EGYPT. (INCLUDING PHARAOH’S SON) EVERY FIRSTBORN CHILD FROM ROYALTY TO SLAVERY WILL BE KILLED, EVEN THE FIRSTBORN OF THE ANIMALS. THERE WILL BE WAILING LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD.
BUT LISTEN TO THIS PHARAOH: AMONG THE ISRAELITES, IT WILL BE SO PEACEFUL THAT NOT EVEN A DOG WILL BARK.
12. GOD TOLD THE PEOPLE TO KILL A LAMB OR A GOAT, PUT THE BLOOD OVER THE DOOR POST, THE SIDES AND THE TOP. WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD, I WILL PASS OVER YOU.
(E) PHARAOH WAS GLAD TO LET THE PEOPLE GO, BUT WHEN THEY GOT TO THE RED SEA, HE AND HIS ARMIES PURSUED THEM (KNOW THAT SATAN NEVER GIVES UP)
1. GOD TOLD MOSES: “STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.
2. GOD SENT A STRONG “HOLY GHOST” WIND TO DRY UP A PATH WITHIN THE RED SEA AND THE PEOPLE MARCHED ACROSS ON DRY LAND.
3. GOD SIMPLY CLOSED THE PATHWAY AND ALLOWED THE EGYPTIANS TO GO TO A WATERY GRAVE.
III. GOD HAS A BAIL OUT PLAN FOR ALL MANKIND.
JOHN 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
IT GETS BETTER AS IT GOES.
John 3:17-18
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(A) EVERY PERSON BORN SINCE ADAM HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS BORN UNDER THE CONDEMNATION OF SIN.
RM 3:23 ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF GOD’S GLORY.
1. BUT I’M A CHURCH MEMBER. ARE YOU SAVED?
2. I’VE BEEN BAPTIZED. ARE YOU SAVED?
3. I’VE DONE GOOD DEEDS. ARE YOU SAVED?
John 3:3 NICHODEMUS PRESENTED HIS CASE OF ROYAL RIGHTEOUSNESS TO JESUS. MEMBER OF SANHEDRIN, MASTER OF THE JEWS. NOBLE TEACHER.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again , he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Isa 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
KJV
Isa 64:6-7 NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away.
(B) BEFORE MAN EVER WAS GOD HAD THE CURE FOR SIN.
1Rev 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
. ISN’T THAT AMAZING, BEFORE SIN EVER WAS, GOD HAD THE CURE
ROMANS 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1. WAS CONDEMNED TO HELL WITH OUT HOPE
2. GOD SAID: “I’VE GOT A BAIL OUT PLAN FOR YOU”
3. JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, PAID THE SIN DEBT THAT I MIGHT LIVE IN THE FREE PARDON OF SIN.
4. HE TOOK MY WAGES OF SIN, TORE THEM INTO SHREDS AND GAVE ME A “GIFT CERTIFICATE” GOOD FOR ETERNAL LIFE.
WRITTEN IN RED AND SIGNED WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
MY NAME WRITTEN BOLDLY ON THE LINE THAT SAYS “WHOSOEVER WILL”
CONCLUSION: GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS Acts 10:34
WHAT HE WILL DO FOR ONE HE WILL DO FOR ANY WHO WILL TURN FROM THEIR SIN, REPENT, AND BE SAVED. Rom 10:9-10
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
IF THE WORLD STANDS 100 MORE YEARS (NOT LIKELY ACCORDING TO PROPHECY) ALL THE “BAIL OUT” STIMULUS PROGRAMS WE ARE HEARING ABOUT WILL BE NO MORE THAN HISTORY.
GOD’S “BAIL OUT PLAN” WILL LAST ETERNALLY.
