The Rock of Ages
The Being Behind the Belief
“…and the Rock was Christâ€
(1 Corinthians 10:4)
Introduction: Today’s message is about the influence of rock formation in Christian belief.
I. Christian Hymn – “Rock of Ages†(Augustus M. Toplady)
II. “Rock†– A Noun of Renown (When have you last heard of a noun as—person, place, and thing?)
A. Rock as _________________ (Ex. 33:22)
B. Rock as _________________ (Deut. 32:4)
C. Rock as _________________ (Isa. 26:4)
Conclusion: T. B. Larimore once said of the region Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13,18)—“It was in the presence of this rock-founded, rock-builded, rock-bounded, rock-surrounded, rock-protected, rock-shadowed city that Jesus, the Rock of Ages, the rock for sinners cleft, said to Peter, “Upon this rock I will build my church†(The Man from Mars Hill, 73).