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NEVER
SATISFIED
Proverbs 30:15-16 Ever known someone who
couldn't be satisfied. You can't
do enough for them, they want more, more!
They see what others have and they have to have it.
It matters not what discipline others may have practiced to have
those things, that money, or to take that vacation.
Maybe they worked hard and saved, and have spent years working their
way up the ladder, but the unsatisfied doesn't care, they want it, and now! The dissatisfied has a
negative outlook, always looking for what is wrong, wanting a problem, and
they always find it...yet it's not enough!
They thrive on being a victim and having trouble.
You can solve their problem and it only aggravates them, because they
want to feel that way! Sometimes you cannot do
enough for children...the more you do for them, the more they take you for
granted and demand even more! Our text lists four things
that are never satisfied:
I.
THE GRAVE IS NEVER SATISFIED
A.
This Is Speaking Of Death. The door of death never has
a “No vacancy” sign on it. Death never takes a holiday. Death never fails to
accommodate one more. Death is never satisfied.
In Gen. 5 we see eight different accounts of death taking place. Vs.
5,8,11,14,17,19,27,31. This tells us that everyone
dies - No one escapes. There’s
nearly 7 billion on planet earth now, but the death rate is still “1 per
person”. The grave machinery is
always busy. Eccl. 3:3, “A time to be
born, and a time to die.” More than 30 million people
die annually. That is 3400 every hour.
Fifty-seven graves will be dug in the next 60 seconds. That’s one
every second. As I speak, one dies, and another, and then another.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. On and on and on. B.
No One Escapes Death. Heb 1. Age is not respected by the grave. 2. There are all sizes of graves in the graveyard. The grave cries out, “More,
more, more. C.
There is A Spiritual Death. The spiritual grave is
suggested in this also, and we will talk more about that in a few moments. There are over 10,000
Baptist churches that did not have one single baptism this past year. That
kind of
II.
THE BARREN WOMB IS NEVER SATISFIED
A.
There Is Something Within A Woman That Longs For A Child. B.
The Great Commission.
Matt. 28:19-20. Mat 28:19-20
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” 1. The innermost desire of a born again Christian is to win others to
Christ. 2. A saved person wants to see others saved. 3. How long has it been since you have taken a spiritual stethoscope and
gone to an individual and were unable to find a heartbeat, but then after an
application of the healing balm of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that heart
began an eternal beat? 4. You will never be completely satisfied spiritually until you begin to
witness for Christ on a regular basis.
Nothing else will satisfy. Entertainment will not satisfy. Job
advancement won’t satisfy. 5. The barrenness of your soul will cry out, “Dissatisfied -
dissatisfied.” 6. You can seek until the end of the earth and never find total
satisfaction. 7. The barren womb cries out in dissatisfaction. John Wesley exemplified
this with the cry, “Give me Paul cried out in Rom 10:1
“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for God cannot entrust new
little ones to many churches because He knows that he cannot trust them to
keep them warm and help them grow.
Much of the deadness and
dissatisfaction among churches could be resolved today by eliminating the
barren womb.
III.
THE DRY GROUND IS NEVER SATISFIED
I grew up in The earth is a type of
humanity. The water is a type of the
Holy Spirit. Man (a type of earth) Can
Never Be Satisfied Until He Is Full Of Water (a type of the
Holy Spirit.) Isa 44:3
“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the
dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring:” David in one of his darkest
hours realized the need of the Holy Spirit. Psa 51:11
“Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit
from me.” Jesus instructed His
disciples that the Holy Spirit would guide them in all things. The absence
of the Holy Spirit will bring a defeat and discouragement.
Psa 42:1-2
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
thee, O God. My soul thirsteth
for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” There is no measure of
misery of the man who is empty and thirsty for God. “I’ve a yearning in my
heart that cannot be denied, It’s a longing that has
never yet been satisfied; I want the world to know
The One who loves them so Like a flame it’s burning
deep inside. To be used of God to sing,
to speak, to pray, To be used of God to show
someone the way: I long so much to feel the
touch of His consuming fire To be used of God is my
desire.
IV.
THE FIRES OF HELL ARE NEVER SATISFIED
“and the fire that saith
not, It is enough.” Prov 27:20
“Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never
satisfied.” The fire will burn as long
as it is fueled. It will never be satisfied and cry for no more fuel. Hell Has Been Enlarged To
Accommodate The Multitudes. Isa Satan is not concerned with
how many are now condemned to hell. He wants ONE more. Hell is never
satisfied. Jesus said three times in
Mark 9, “The fire is not quenched.” The fire of hell never burns itself out.
It is never satisfied. There are those who tell us
that hell is not real. Mat 25:41
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:” 1. The fire of hell will last as long as heaven lasts. Heaven never
ends. 2. Hell is never satisfied. 3. Hell is prepared for the devil and his angels. a. God does not intend for one human to go to hell. b. He has provided a way of escape for everyone from the fiery flames of
hell. The Bible tells us that
most people will not hear the warning, and will instead stumble off into
hell. Mat Many will be the number
that will attempt to satisfy the cry of hell. The sounds of hell are
deceiving today. We Hear The Wrong Message
From Hell Today. 1. Not the cry
of torment. 2. Not the
weeping of a mother who was separated from her children. 3.
Not the wailing of a dad who ignored the warnings of hell. 4.
We don’t hear the crying and weeping of a teenager who didn’t make
ready for death. Instead we hear, “Hell’s
not real.” “No intelligent person
really believes in hell.” “God wouldn’t send a person
to hell.” These are all lies coming
from the “Dissatisfied Fires Of Hell.” Every person in hell right
now truly believes in hell.
We must not close on the negative…
V.
JESUS DOES SATISFY
Psa 107:9
“For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.” Isa 58:11
“And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” Jer 31:14
“And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my
people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.” Every saved person can
readily testify that Jesus does satisfy. O soul, are you weary and
troubled? No light in the darkness
you see? There’s a light for a look
at the Savior, And life more abundant and
free! Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful
face, And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory
and grace.
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