Churches of Christ -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- 20th century
Friends, God hath spoken and when God speaks all the world should be
quiet and listen. We should take his word as final. It should be the
standard by which we decide all questions, and until the world can agree
upon the word that God has spoken as its yardstick, as its unit of
measurement, as its standard for determining truth, we shall continue to
have division and confusion in this world. So I want to impress you with
the fact that _God hath spoken_. Let us go to that word to find the
answer to every question that pertains to religion. In fact, I might
just say the answer to every question, for almost all questions are
answered in the Bible, at least in a general way. If we would apply the
principles of its teachings, all of our domestic and social problems
would be solved. Our industrial and political problems would be solved.
Our international problems would be solved, if all people would learn
what God hath spoken and follow it.
VI
Will You Obey His Word?
I hope you are impressed with the fact which God hath spoken. Are you
willing to hear that word? Friends, the word that God has spoken tells
us that we must believe, in order to be saved. “God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth on him
should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). “Without faith
it is impossible to be well pleasing to God” (Heb. 11:6). Faith is the
very foundation of Christianity, so much so the Bible says, “The just
shall _live_ by faith” (Rom. 1:17). We are to walk by faith and not by
sight.
The word which God has spoken says that “Except ye repent ye shall
likewise perish” (Luke 13:3). This word which God has spoken unto us
through his Son, Jesus, tells us that if we confess him before men he
will confess us before his Father who is in heaven. But if we deny him,
he will deny us before his Father who is in heaven (Matt. 10:32, 33).
Then, friends, this same word which God has spoken says, “Repent, and be
baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
of your sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the
promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord, our God, shall call” (Acts 2:38, 39).
This word which God has spoken tells those who have been baptized and
have gone astray, to come back repenting and confessing their faults and
praying for forgiveness (Acts 8:22; 1 John 1:9). This word which God has
spoken promises that he will not let us be tempted above that we are
able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we
may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13). This word that God has spoken
tells us to be faithful unto death and he will give us a crown of life
incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away (Rev. 2:10; 1 Pet.
1:4).
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