2 things are necessary for a rainbow to develop: 1.A Disturbance in Heaven- (Ill. Storm - Ill. Calvary!) 2.Sunlight- (Resurrection!) - Ill. The sunshine of His resurrection shined through the drops of His shed Blood and produced the Heavenly Rainbow of God’s Eternal Grace! (Ill. On rare occasions, the moon can produce rainbows!) Notice some facts about the rainbow: I.Man didn’t ask for the rainbow, it was all God’s idea! (Ill. Calvary! It was all God!) (Ill. Revelation 13:8) (Ill. Natural man is dead, Eph. 2:1! He cannot initiate any movement toward God! Man would never have a desire for God unless God called first - John 6:44) (Ill. The danger of trifling with God - Gen. 6:3) II.Man cannot destroy a rainbow! (Man cannot undo the work of Calvary!)(Ill. Psa. 119:89 - It’s settled! Glory!!) (Ill. The critics, the liberals, the infidels and inforhells can never change the work that Jesus finished!) III.All men see the rainbow the same! (Ill. the Spirit reveals Jesus the same to all men!)(Ill. The Brazen Serpent!-(Num 21) There’s only one Jesus - Acts 4:12! IV.God looks upon the rainbow and remembers His promise! (Ill. Jesus at God’s right hand! - Rom. 8:34; Heb. 1:3) V.The rainbow touches both Heaven and earth! (Ill. Jesus and the cross!) (Ill. The Daysman - Job 9:33; Ill. 1 Tim. 2:5) VI.The rainbow cannot be taken back! (Ill. v.12 and 16) (Ill. Perpetual - So is salvation! John 10:28 - Ill. Never! Ill. Never Never Land!) (Ill. Jesus sat down! - Heb. 10:12!!) VII.Nobody has ever seen a complete rainbow! (Ill. Nobody has ever fully comprehended all that Jesus is and can be!) (Ill. Solomon and Sheba - 1Kings 10:7) (Ill. In Heaven, we will understand - Rev. 4:3!) (Ill. The half has never been told! - 1 Cor. 2:9!) (Ill. How I know Him now, 1 Cor. 13:12, how I’ll know Him then!)
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