Presumptuous Sins
Numbers 15:29-31, Peter 2 2:10, and Psalm 19:1-14 I: No poor vision made for presumtuous sins. Numbers 15: 1. Every sin was covered except presumptuous sins. 2. Four things make a sin presumptuous: a. Sinning against light and knowledge. b. Deliberate sin. c. Sin designed for sin. d. Sin committed by rash confidence in one’s own strength. II: Sin against light and knowledge. 1. God’s universe utters knowledge. 2. Nature cries out against sin. 3. We refuse to obey the light we have. 4. Sinning against a godly home and friends. III: Sin against God’s warnings. 1. The warning of death. 2. Sickness warns. 3. Danger warns. IV: Premeditated and Designed Sins: 1. Not in hast or moment unguarded, but sinning with thought and design. 2. Deliberately...
Not by Might, Nor by Power.
Zachariah 4:6, Nehemia 4:1-6, and Zechariah 1:1-6 I: 70 yrs. of captivity finished. 1. 70 yrs. to pay for sins. 2. A new generation arose. 3. God’s time had come. 4. Few of God’s people were ready. a. Zerubbabel (42,000 – 537 B.C). b. Ezra (1,755 – 458 B.C). c. Nehemiah and his staff (445 B.C). II: The Building of the Temple: 1. Everything was in ruins. 2. Opposition took the form of compromise & ten through the King. 3. 16 yrs. of failure. 4. They turned to their own houses & built their own business. III: The Building of the Walls. 1. Nehemiah got under the burden. 2. Sanballat the Horonite, & Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite were grieved. 3. The work was attracted by: a. Scorn: “They laughed us to scorn.” b....
Paying the Price
Samuel 2 24:24 I: Looking for a bargain, (Dr. Chapman). 1. Living without work. 2. The gambler. 3. The tramp. 4. A “give me,” comples. 5. Spanish gold hunters. II: Looking for a Spiritual Bargain: 1. Quality at a reduced price. 2. Spiritual dead beats. 3. We are willing to sit still while the wicked get our children. 4. We want our religion made easy. “Cheap relition ends in false religion.” (Jeroboma). III: Early Christians Paid the Price: 1. They stood the hardships. 2. They stoop persecution. 3. Life became sweet when everything was easy. IV: Sacrifice. 1. A partial sacrifice will bring a limited blessing. 2. God doesn’t want the blind, lame, halt, nor your green bread. 3. Will a man rob...
Neither Hot Nor Cold.
Revelation 3:15-17 I: Who was he speaking to? 1. The Church at Laodicia. 2. Not infidels or atheists. 3. Not the sinner or the one that had never heard of Jesus. 4. It was to a church that was neither hot or cold. 5. To one that thought they were well off. II: Is it better to be cold? 1. Jesus would prefer us to be cold rather than lukewarm. 2. You may feel it better to be lukewarm and go to Heaven! 3. For you it is better, but for many that you let go to Hell, because of your lukewarm life it’s not better! 4. All some people will know of Christ is what they see in you! 5. A lukewarm person may keep an entire family away from Jesus. 6. A lukewarm Church may insulate a town from the Gospel. 7. Jesus is saying that it would be better to get away from the...
My Brothers Keeper
Ezekiel 3:15-21 Down by the River Chebar, no songs, no hope, no joy. I: “I have made thee a watchman.” 1. You are to warn of danger. 2. Yours is a toilsome office. 3. You must not fall asleep at your post. 4. No weather is to drive you from your post (lashed to the gun). 5. It is a dangerous office. 6. Men will curse you for strictness and God will curse you for looseness, (hault). II: Your Duties shall be: 1. Take notice from Commander. 2. Give notice to the people. 3. Know what God has said about sin. 4. Warn the people of the danger of sin. 5. Be obsessed by what you know to be true. III: Not Responsible for Success or Failure: 1. Responsible for giving the warning. a. If you fail to warn, you are guilty of treason. b. If they refuse to hear, you...