The Sacred Landmarks

Deut 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Introduction:

A)    A Landmark distinguishes one man’s property from another.

1)    Landmarks are not to be moved.

2)    Landmarks are to be permanent

B)    There are landmarks that control society 

1)    We are living in an age in which Satan is trying to destroy the Sacred Landmarks.

2)    A Time when the world & the flesh are doing all  they can to destroy the Sacred Landmark

C)   Five Landmarks that have been destroyed 

1)    The Landmark of the Home.

2)    The Landmark of Education.

3)    The Landmark of Statesmanship.

4)    The landmark of Morality.

5)    The Landmark of Religion.

i)       The Bible is being attacked by the Critics.

ii)     The Doctrine of Heaven – Hell – Judgement is not Being preached.

D)   What God said about saving the Landmarks 

1)    Deut 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his  neighbour's landmark.

2)    Prov 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

E)    Some Landmarks that will not be removed

I)      THE THRONE OF GOD WILL NOT BE REMOVED

A)    SATAN THOUGHT HE COULD OVERTHROW GOD 

1)    Satan was thrown out of Heaven.

2)    Rev 12:9 Satan… was..cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

B)    MAN HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD TO DRAG GOD DOWN.

1)    1954 Krushchev said “We will drag God out of Heaven”

2)    God is referred to as “The Man Upstairs”

3)    God is look on as an errand boy.

C)   MANY DENY GOD.

1)    They try to disprove His very Existence.

2)    At the end of this age God will still be there.

II)    THE CROSS OF CHRIST WILL SURVIVE

A)    THE CROSS CANNOT BE DESTROYED.  1 Cor 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1)    Man had ridiculed and mocked the Cross.

2)    But – He cannot do away with it.

B)    NOTICE THE CROSS.

1)    To the Jew it was a Stumbling Block.

2)    To the Greeks it was Foolishness.

3)    To the  Christian it is  “The power of God unto Salvation”

III)  THE WORD OF GOD WILL SURVIVE

A)    THE MODERNIST CANNOT DESTROY THE BIBLE 

1)    The Bible is absolutely Indestructible 

2)    The Bible is Indispensable.

3)    The Bible is Infallible.

4)    The Bible is Inexhaustible.

B)    THE BIBLE IS A WONDER BOOK.

1)    Survived despite men like Voltaire.

(a)  Said 100 years from now it will be NO More.

(b)  Today more Bible printed than ever before.

2)    Survived despite men like Robert Ingersol.

(a)  Said “15 years from now Bible will be forgotten”

(b)  He was dead in 15 years – Bible still lives.

C)   YOU MAY DENY THIS BOOK BUT YOU WILL NEVER DESTROY IT

1)    There is a copy on file in Heaven.

2)    Ps 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

IV)  THE CHURCH WILL SURVIVE  Eph 3:21  Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

A)    I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT DENOMINATIONS

1)    Some Denominations will be rooted up.  Mt 15:13  Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

2)    Only those in White Robes will survive.

B)    WHERE DOES THE LORD GET HIS GLORY?

1)    Not through the Preacher….

2)    Not through this Building…

3)    God gets His Glory through HIS Church…

V)    THE SAVED WILL SURVIVe Jn 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

A)    THE WORLD – THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL MAY TRY TO DESTROY YOU….

1)    One day you will be with Jesus forever.

2)    Discouraging when you see so many things fading 

3)    However – I am on the winning side….