Ye Shall Be Witnesses
Acts 1:1-11, 2:22-33, John 20:30-31, and 21:25 If you were being tried for being a Christian. I: What is A Witness? 1. “One who gives his Testimony to the truth at the expense of his life.” 2. Witness comes from “Mart Us!” Myrtle. 3. Jewish Law condemned false witness as well as one that held back part of the truth. 4. One that was there when it happened. “Ye are witnesses of these things.” II: They Witnessed to: 1. Immortality of the soul, Resurrection. 2. Vanity of material things. 3. The satisfying nature of Christianity. 4. Guilt and danger of sinners. 5. Love of Christ. 6. Necessity of the New Birth. III: Every Christian is A Witness. “My business.” 1. We are witnesses for good or bad. 2. If the Courts...
Without A Vision
Proverbs 29:18, Acts 26:19, and Amos 8:11-12 The future belongs to men of Vision. There are different types of visions, but a vision reveals the things of God. Where there was a lack of the hearing, the Word of God there was no vision. Napoleon said that Men of Vision ruled the World. I: Without A Vision Life Loses its Drive and Purpose. 1. When the Children of Israel lost their vision of the Promise Land, they grumbled and complained. a. When their Vision of a land of Milk and Honey faded, they lusted for the flesh pots of Egypt. b. The 10 spies looked upon walled Cities and Giants until they lost sight of the Land and of God. c. When there came a growth of the Word of God, they became Captives of Babylon. 2. The Church became weak and helpless when she...
Where is Our Treasure?
Acts 2:1-7, 41-47 In a Hell-bound World, we hear too many trumpets giving an uncertain sound. Too many Churches and too many Christians aren’t sure just where our treasures are. I: Where are the Preacher’s Treasures? 1. The Material World claims many. 2. Sugar coated preaching make many helpless. 3. A message that’s debatable loses its power. 4. Sometimes I wonder if we aren’t as a little child picking up pebbles or building sand-castles on the Beach when Oceans lie before us. II: Where are the Churches Treasures? 1. She has her finest building and greatest incomes of all time. 2. Yet she has hardly tapped God’s tenth of God’s people. 3. Too often she fears opposition and retreats rather than fight. 4. Too often we fail to stop...
Trails and Triumphs
Acts 13:42-52, Luke 12:49-53 Triumphs, trials, prosperity and persecution, acceptance and rejection followed Paul and his company. I: Background: 1. Work on Cyprus completed; they headed for the Southern Coast of Asia Minor. Serge of Pamphylia. 2. About the end of June or the 1st of July. 3. Peria is a Fertile Plain, hot climate subject to Malaria. 4. Mark went home. Paul took sick with Malaria and couldn’t continue preaching there, so they crossed the Taurus Mountains. II: The Synagogue of Antioch. Sick – He Met Luke. 1. Paul and his company. 2. The Greeks who were pleasure mad. 3. The proud Roman rulers. 4. The self-centered Jews and their closed Religion. 5. Paul preached of Divine Grace and Government. 6. He set Jesus before them and his claims...