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“ Summary, Part 5 (final) ” 3. PSALM 93:1-2 [40:52]. Because God is eternal, we may enjoy security and stability. His eternal, unchanging power created and preserves the universe. Even just recent secular thinking is filled with cataclysmic dread: global warming, meteor strikes, etc., and even some Christians fall for it. History is secure because of God’s eternal decree. We have the habit of finding security in things more enduring than ourselves, such as statism, nationalism, or environmentalism. But the blessed elect find it in the eternal God. 4. PSALM 102:24-28 [45:55]. This passage offers three practical applications: a. OUR HOPE IS NOT IN WORLDLY SECURITY (v. 24). We all face the possibility of premature death, and the best care and safest environments don’t change that. b. OUR HOPE IS NOT IN THE CREATION (vv. 25-27). Even the heavens won’t last forever. Severe affliction makes us feel our insecurity acutely. There is no other rational place to fix our hope than God, who endures unchangingly forever. c. GOD’S CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE (v. 28). Because He is enduring, His covenant promises will endure as well. Church history confirms this.
Ian Migala (10/8/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 4 ” In vv. 16.17, it teaches us TO PRAY THAT GOD BLESS OUR CHILDREN AND PERPETUATE OUR WORK [32:25]. When we die, everything we left behind will be out of our hands: our families, our property, our business. No matter what we may request in a living will, we can’t guarantee that it will be carried out. 2. JOB 36:26, 38:1-4 [36:05]. God’s eternity displays how great He really is. If we have a difficult time comprehending the wisdom of the elderly from all their life experience, how much less can we fathom the wisdom of the omniscient, eternal God? When God pressed this reality on Job, all Job could do was see his own state and repent. We’ve no right to question the afflictions God chooses to send us: He does it from a point of sovereign holiness that we will never fathom. Evolutionists live in a moment of time, but claim an intellectual right to override the creator God who was there before the beginning.
Ian Migala (10/8/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” c. GOD'S ETERNAL BEING TEACHES US INVALUABLE LESSONS (vv. 11-17) [24:10]. i. In v. 11, it teaches us TO FEAR HIS ETERNAL WRATH [24:17]. Moses didn’t have an idea of a winking God in Heaven. At any moment, an unbeliever can die and be damned forever. In fear, we ought to be moved to pray for their salvation. ii. In v. 12, it teaches us TO PRAY FOR THE WISDOM TO GRASP THE BREVITY OF OUR LIFE [26:46]. Growing age and deceased acquaintances should not be the only reminders of our own mortality. Wisdom teaches us that our short lives are in God’s hands at every moment, and always at His mercy. Are we trying to add years to our lives, or are we sooner unto Heaven? What if we die with unfinished plans? The wise don’t waste their time. iii. In vv. 13-15, it teaches us TO PRAY THAT GOD WOULD BALANCE OUR AFFLICTION WITH BLESSING [29:41]. When we realize the brevity of our lives, we’re far less prone to take His blessings for granted. We appreciate the tranquility of a God-centered life (some can’t even handle this, and go out and look for trouble). Constant contention is never worth it.
Ian Migala (10/8/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” C. GOD IS SPECIALLY PRESENT IN TIME [11:00]. We can think of this as His covenant presence. He is specially present in Heaven in an unchanging way, but in a changing way here on earth. He was specially present in Eden, then Beth-El, then Sinai, then in the Tabernacle, then in the Temple, then in Jesus Christ, and now wherever true Christians gather in the name of Christ, such as in church. The Lord’s Day is a stated day of His special presence. II. SURVEY OF THE BIBLICAL WITNESS TO GOD'S RULE OVER TIME [15:50] A. THE BIBLICAL WITNESS TO GOD'S ETERNITY AND EVERPRESENCE [16:20] 1. PSALM 90:1-17 [16:48]. This text specially sets forth God’s eternity. a. GOD'S ETERNAL BEING GIVES HIS PEOPLE SECURITY AND STABILITY (vv. 1,2) [17:35]. God’s people have a security that unbelievers don’t. No matter what happens on earth, Christians understand that the Lord is still on His throne. For us, He is always a sure place of return. b. GOD'S ETERNAL BEING EXPOSES OUR BREVITY AND FRAILTY (vv. 3-10) [20:23]. Where God is eternal, our lives are but a vapor. His eternity puts our lives in a proper perspective.
Ian Migala (10/8/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” [Pastor Nutter credits his former professor, Pastor Greg Nichols of Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the outline of this message, which can be found in Pastor Nichols’ book, *What does the Bible say about God?: The Biblical doctrine of God*.] In talking about God’s essence, we struggle with the word ‘beginning’ since everything has one. But God does not. I. THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT OF GOD'S TEMPORAL SUPREMACY OR HIS RULE OVER TIME [starting at 4:45 of the audio]. Ps 90:1-2 teaches a number of things about this: A. GOD IS ETERNAL. He is not limited by time [7:05]. God always was and always will be. Some things do have a beginning but no end, such as every human soul and the humanity of the second person of the trinity. B. GOD IS EVERPRESENT. He is present at every moment of time [9:00]. Where ‘omnipresence’ describes God’s presence everywhere in space, ‘everpresence’ describes His presence everywhere in time. God has an unlimited life span. Time doesn’t control God; God controls time.
