Preached at Merritt Island 9/17/2017 AM Lesson http://MIChurchOfChrist.org

2. And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom
and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.
- Isaiah 33:6 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: God is the Stability of Our Times
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3. 13 But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the
salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the
Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again
forever. 14 “The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent.”
- Exodus 14:13-14 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: A Wealth of Salvation
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4. 14 Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came
upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of
Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph; 15 and he
said, “Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King
Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed
because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
16‘Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the
ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of
the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 ‘You need not fight in this battle; station
yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O
Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to
face them, for the LORD is with you.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:14-17 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: A Wealth of Salvation
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5. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the
death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be
saved by His life.
- Romans 5:10 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: A Wealth of Salvation
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6. 1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to
you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also
you are saved, if you hold fast the word which 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 according
to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on
the third day according to the Scriptures
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: A Wealth of Salvation
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7. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek.
- Romans 1:16 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: A Wealth of Salvation
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8. And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom
and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.
- Isaiah 33:6 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: God is the Stability of Our Times
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9. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 1:7 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: Wisdom and Knowledge
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10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Proverbs 9:10 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: Wisdom and Knowledge
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11. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
- Hosea 4:16 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: Rejecting the Wisdom and Knowledge of God
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12. 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he
must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like
the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man
ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
- James 1:5-8 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: Doubting God Results in Unstablity
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13. And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom
and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.
- Isaiah 33:6 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: God is the Stability of Our Times
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14. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a
man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that
he has and buys that field.
- Matthew 13:44 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: The Fear of the Lord is His Treasure
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15. 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys,
and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure
is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:19-21 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: The Fear of the Lord is His Treasure
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16. Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him.
- Isaiah 30:18 NASB
SEEKING STABILITY: The Compasion of the Lord
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