Rock of Ages (5 of 6)
Series: Summer Psalms
Jim Perdue
Psalm 61:1-8
Intro/Attention
I'm preaching selected Psalms every Sunday morning until the end of July. We're in our fifth message out of six. We will conclude this series next Sunday. But today, we're looking at Psalm 61 as we think about the subject, Rock of Ages. READ TEXT
*1776 was the year the United States of America was born. It was also the year one of the favorite hymns of all time was born, and that was Rock Of Ages. The author was an Englishman named Augustus Montague Toplady. He wrote 133 poems and hymns, but they were all forgotten. This one, however, lives on, for it gives an image of Jesus that people need. We need to know that all else can crumble and collapse, but Jesus is that Rock of Ages, that solid rock on which we can stand when all other ground is sinking sand. Toplady died at the early age of 38, but he was secure in Jesus, and his hymn has been a favorite at funerals ever since, for it reminds us that though life is insecure, Jesus is not. He is the Rock of Ages. Toplady's last words were, ''My prayers are all converted into praises.'' He felt secure because he had built his life on the solid rock. His hymn has been translated into almost every known language. It is really rather shocking how often God and Jesus are called ''the Rock'' in the Bible. It is one of the major names of God.*
There are so many references to God as the Rock that we cannot cover them all, but these phrases will give you a clear impression. Psalms 28:1, ''To you I call, O Lord my Rock.'' Psalm 42:9, ''I say to God my Rock.'' Psalm 78:35, ''They remembered that God was their Rock.'' Psalm 92:15, ''The Lord is upright, He is my Rock.''
There are many others, but these ought to be sufficient to impress us that the ''Rock'' was a favorite image of God in the Old Testament, and of Jesus in the New Testament. Bible lands were rock filled lands where rocks were a part of their way of life.
Here, ...
Series: Summer Psalms
Jim Perdue
Psalm 61:1-8
Intro/Attention
I'm preaching selected Psalms every Sunday morning until the end of July. We're in our fifth message out of six. We will conclude this series next Sunday. But today, we're looking at Psalm 61 as we think about the subject, Rock of Ages. READ TEXT
*1776 was the year the United States of America was born. It was also the year one of the favorite hymns of all time was born, and that was Rock Of Ages. The author was an Englishman named Augustus Montague Toplady. He wrote 133 poems and hymns, but they were all forgotten. This one, however, lives on, for it gives an image of Jesus that people need. We need to know that all else can crumble and collapse, but Jesus is that Rock of Ages, that solid rock on which we can stand when all other ground is sinking sand. Toplady died at the early age of 38, but he was secure in Jesus, and his hymn has been a favorite at funerals ever since, for it reminds us that though life is insecure, Jesus is not. He is the Rock of Ages. Toplady's last words were, ''My prayers are all converted into praises.'' He felt secure because he had built his life on the solid rock. His hymn has been translated into almost every known language. It is really rather shocking how often God and Jesus are called ''the Rock'' in the Bible. It is one of the major names of God.*
There are so many references to God as the Rock that we cannot cover them all, but these phrases will give you a clear impression. Psalms 28:1, ''To you I call, O Lord my Rock.'' Psalm 42:9, ''I say to God my Rock.'' Psalm 78:35, ''They remembered that God was their Rock.'' Psalm 92:15, ''The Lord is upright, He is my Rock.''
There are many others, but these ought to be sufficient to impress us that the ''Rock'' was a favorite image of God in the Old Testament, and of Jesus in the New Testament. Bible lands were rock filled lands where rocks were a part of their way of life.
Here, ...
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