Living In Dependence (2 of 6)
Series: Summer Psalm
Jim Perdue
Psalm 115:1-18
Intro/Attention
This is our second sermon in a series entitled, Summer Psalms. Today, we come to Psalm 115 and I'm preaching on this subject: Living In Dependence. READ TEXT
This Thursday, July 4th, we will celebrate our nation's independence. As Americans, we love our independence. We even have a treasured document in our nation's history called The Declaration of Independence. But I want to submit to you this morning, that no one is actually independent. In fact, we are constantly dependent. We live in a constant state of dependence. If we don't have oxygen, we will die. If our heart stops beating, we are done. If we don't have relationships, we will dry up. We depend on our vehicles to get us to our jobs. We depend on our jobs to supply our income. We depend on our income to supply our food. We depend on our air conditioning to keep us comfortable. We depend on our phones to keep us connected.
*Maybe today, we should declare our dependence. If you think about it, The Declaration of Independence is quite literally a declaration of dependence upon God. While the Declaration itself laid the groundwork for our freedom as a nation, that declaration was based upon our nation's faith in God. In the first two sentences of the Declaration of Independence, God is referred to three times. That's just in the first two sentences. In the very last sentence of the Declaration of Independence are these words: ''And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.'' The Declaration of Independence is ''an appeal to heaven'' by our founders. Our Nation and its freedom were based upon faith in Christ. That's why the two huge oak doors that open into the Supreme Court have the 10 Commandments engraved on the lower portions of each door. That's why Bible verses a ...
Series: Summer Psalm
Jim Perdue
Psalm 115:1-18
Intro/Attention
This is our second sermon in a series entitled, Summer Psalms. Today, we come to Psalm 115 and I'm preaching on this subject: Living In Dependence. READ TEXT
This Thursday, July 4th, we will celebrate our nation's independence. As Americans, we love our independence. We even have a treasured document in our nation's history called The Declaration of Independence. But I want to submit to you this morning, that no one is actually independent. In fact, we are constantly dependent. We live in a constant state of dependence. If we don't have oxygen, we will die. If our heart stops beating, we are done. If we don't have relationships, we will dry up. We depend on our vehicles to get us to our jobs. We depend on our jobs to supply our income. We depend on our income to supply our food. We depend on our air conditioning to keep us comfortable. We depend on our phones to keep us connected.
*Maybe today, we should declare our dependence. If you think about it, The Declaration of Independence is quite literally a declaration of dependence upon God. While the Declaration itself laid the groundwork for our freedom as a nation, that declaration was based upon our nation's faith in God. In the first two sentences of the Declaration of Independence, God is referred to three times. That's just in the first two sentences. In the very last sentence of the Declaration of Independence are these words: ''And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.'' The Declaration of Independence is ''an appeal to heaven'' by our founders. Our Nation and its freedom were based upon faith in Christ. That's why the two huge oak doors that open into the Supreme Court have the 10 Commandments engraved on the lower portions of each door. That's why Bible verses a ...
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