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...
Proper Authority in Worship
Cor. 1 11:1-16, Ephesians 5:21-33, and Peter 1 3:1-7 Context: “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.” I: The Wrong Method of Worship: 1. The worshiping wasn’t wrong, but the method was. 2. The woman wasn’t condemned for praying & prophecying, but the way they were doing it was wrong. 3. Both men and woman were bringing reproach upon the Church by the way they dressed. 4. The woman went without a veil, a sign of sin in Corinth, and a sign of independence of her husband. II: God’s Order of Authority in the Church: 1. “The head of Christ is God.” 2. “The head of every man is Christ.” 3. The head of woman is the man. 4. The divine order was being set aside and the church suffered. III:...
Out of the Grave Clothes
Ephesians 2:1-22 Dead in trepasses and sins – a graveyard. You hath be quickened – changed the graveyard. I: Sin is death to God. 1. The soul that sins it shall die. 2. In the day that ye eat thereof. 3. The wages of sin is death. 4. She that lives in pleasure is dead which she lives. 5. This is the 2nd death. II: There are 2 deadening influences that cause this graveyard to be populated. 1. The prince of this world. a. It has always been this sin. b. He is like a roaring Lion. c. He is a deceiver of the brethern. d. He fans into flame, every foul thought or deed taht finds lodging in our lives. 2. The course of this world. a. Continually pressing us into its mold. b. The thoughts of the world. c. The walk of the world. d. The talk of the world, (no...
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...
Missionary Minded
Isaiah 6:1-8 Every Christian must face this responsibility of being a missionary. The great comission was to every child of God. We may be a Jonah, a Lot, a Daniel, or a Paul, but we are Missionaries. I: Hindering causes must be removed. 1. King Uzziah died after almost 50 yrs. of peaceful reigning. 2. Israels King died but God lived on. 3. The stable things of our life may have to be moved before we can see God. 4. Sometimes pain, sickness, and sorrow open our eyes to God in all his power and glory. 5. Sometimes God removed the apple of our eye that He may become the Saviour of our soul. II: “I saw also the Lord.” 1. Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up. 2. The angels covered their face and their feet and cried, Holy, holy, holy. 3. Men are never...
Love is the Fulfilling of the Law.
Exodus 20:1-, Luke 10:25-29, and Romans 13:8-1 Jesus told the Lawyer that love would fulfill the Law, then he told the story of the good Samaratin to illustrate it. I: How does love fulfill the Law? 1. “Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.” Anything that takes the place of God in our lives becomes a God to us. 2. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” A man that says he can love God and curse at the same time is lying. 3. “Remember the Sabboth day, to keep it holy. Love for Jesus caused the early Church to keep Sunday as a day of rest and worship.” 4. Honour thy father and thy mother.” Love compells us to do right by our parent. 5. “Thou shalt not kill.” Love plans no murder. 6....
Little Foxes
Cor. 1 5:6, James 3:4-5, and Solomon’s Song 2:15 I: Little Things: 1. Little things neglected bring great heartache. 2. The Galvestor Flood of Sept. 9, 1900. 3. A light switch. 4. A comma or period. 5. 5 min. late. 6. One little match – David’s sling. 7. Little cloud of Elijahs. II: Little Sins: 1. One bite of the forbidden fruit. 2. One meal lost and saw his birthright. 3. A few things burried in Abrahams tent brought defeat to a nation. 4. Christ was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. III: Little Things in Church Life: 1. A little neglect, prayer, visitation, the Program. 2. A little gossip, a little malice, a little confinement. 3. A little vision. IV: Little Foxes and Tender Grapes: 1. Young hearts are tender. 2. Small sins grow fast in...
Love Worthy of Christ
John 21:15-19, Matthew 10:37-39 Is Gods love a love of jealousy that shuts out even our loved ones? I: Is it possible to love too much? 1. The love of a mother for her baby. 2. The love of a father for his home. 3. The love of a bride and groom. 4. The love of men for their country. No! It is impossible to love too much, but it is possible to love unwisely. We can’t be wrong in living, but we can love in the wrong way. Our love can never be too great, but our love can be too cheap! II: What is Unworthy Love? 1. Animal love that degrades and ruins. 2. Self-centered love that shuts out everything that doesn’t contribute to its personal good. 3. Love that closes our eyes to the sins of the loved one, (Eli and his sons). 4. Love that refuses to sacrifice...
