Boast Not Thyself of Tomorrow

Driving home: Therefore Solomon is likening every day to an opaque womb in which God has placed all of the particulars that will come forth from that womb on a given day.

Solomon likens every day to an opaque womb in which God has placed all the particulars that will come forth, emphasizing that humans do not know what will be 'birthed' from it.

None of us knows what a single day may bring forth, let alone any combination of days into weeks, months, or years. And the word that he uses for bring forth is a much used Hebrew word, yalad, which in its several forms is found several hundred times in the Old Testament to describe the day. Solomon here asserts that the birthing process or the act of birthing, both with respect to human beings and to animals, it is the most common word used when someone is said to give birth or to bring forth a person or animals even giving birth. Therefore Solomon is likening every day to an opaque womb in w...

6:41 - 7:42 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin breaks down Proverbs 27:1 into a prohibition and an asserted fact. He first expounds the fact that no one knows what a day may bring forth, using the Hebrew word 'yalad'…

The unexpected bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City is used as a stark reminder that no one can predict what a day may bring forth.

Think with me of some of the startling reminders of this fact the things that have captured the attention not only of our nation. Some instances our congregation. But in most the entire world that no one would have predicted who was seeking to be a senior and a profit on the threshold of 1995 who would have known on that given day early in the morning that an entire federal building in Oklahoma City would have been rocked as those struck with a whole plane load of bombs. We knew not.

14:05 - 14:54 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin breaks down Proverbs 27:1 into a prohibition and an asserted fact. He first expounds the fact that no one knows what a day may bring forth, using the Hebrew word 'yalad'…

The sudden accident that rendered actor Christopher Reeve quadriplegic illustrates the unpredictability of life and the future.

What that day would bring forth who could have predicted that Superman would fall from a bolting horse the strong hero Christopher Reed rendered quadriplegic in a moment of time who would have ever thought that Sergei Grinkov who made people who love skating sit breathless with his artistry with his wife would die a man in his twenties die of a massive heart attack no one in that little village. No one in that little village. In the north of Scotland would have ever thought when little Emma kissed her mummy goodbye at eight fifteen and hopped on her bike that at eight twenty four she'd be in a...

14:55 - 16:20 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin breaks down Proverbs 27:1 into a prohibition and an asserted fact. He first expounds the fact that no one knows what a day may bring forth, using the Hebrew word 'yalad'…

The unexpected death of the young, artistic skater Sergei Grinkov from a heart attack serves as another example of life's unpredictability.

What that day would bring forth who could have predicted that Superman would fall from a bolting horse the strong hero Christopher Reed rendered quadriplegic in a moment of time who would have ever thought that Sergei Grinkov who made people who love skating sit breathless with his artistry with his wife would die a man in his twenties die of a massive heart attack no one in that little village. No one in that little village. In the north of Scotland would have ever thought when little Emma kissed her mummy goodbye at eight fifteen and hopped on her bike that at eight twenty four she'd be in a...

14:55 - 16:20 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin breaks down Proverbs 27:1 into a prohibition and an asserted fact. He first expounds the fact that no one knows what a day may bring forth, using the Hebrew word 'yalad'…

The story of a little girl kissing her mother goodbye and dying minutes later on her bike powerfully illustrates that no one knows what a day may bring forth.

What that day would bring forth who could have predicted that Superman would fall from a bolting horse the strong hero Christopher Reed rendered quadriplegic in a moment of time who would have ever thought that Sergei Grinkov who made people who love skating sit breathless with his artistry with his wife would die a man in his twenties die of a massive heart attack no one in that little village. No one in that little village. In the north of Scotland would have ever thought when little Emma kissed her mummy goodbye at eight fifteen and hopped on her bike that at eight twenty four she'd be in a...

14:55 - 16:20 Read in full sermon

Driving home: You can't do that and make it stick. You may make some calculated guesses, you may make some calculated judgments based on past patterns, but you do not know what a day may bring forth. That's reality!

A young person's naive belief that they will never become a junkie, despite experimenting with drugs, is used to illustrate the folly of ignoring the obvious facts of reality and boasting about tomorrow.

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16:29 - 17:01 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Building on the undeniable fact, Martin defines 'boasting about tomorrow' as confidently planning the future without realistic recognition of human lack of control. He illustrates…

Jesus' parable of the rich man who planned for many years of ease without considering God's will is presented as a prime example of boasting about tomorrow.

He is framing purposes in his mind which find expression in the language of his lips and in the actions of his life. And all of them have written over the sum total boasting about tomorrow. Luke chapter 12 and verse 16. And Jesus spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth, Now notice where this boasting begins.

19:52 - 20:26 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin then turns to the unconverted, categorizing them as those making no profession, hypocrites, and formalists. He challenges their procrastination in seeking salvation, using…

The account of Felix listening to Paul, being terrified, but deferring action to a 'convenient season' is used as a powerful warning to the unconverted against procrastinating salvation.

Turn to Acts chapter 24, where God has given us the picture of such a man, unconverted, conscious he was unconverted, concerned that he was unconverted. Even listen to a preacher, the likes of which you and I have never heard. But he boasted. Tomorrow, Acts 24 and verse 24.

58:16 - 58:40 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: The sermon concludes with a poetic illustration of the great judgment morning, depicting the fate of the moral man and the procrastinator who 'put off salvation.' Martin then…

A poem describing the final judgment, the futility of self-righteousness, and the lament of those who put off salvation, serves as a solemn closing warning to the unconverted.

I dreamed that the great judgment morning had come. The trumpet had blown.

71:40 - 71:45 Read in full sermon