Love Unlimited
Jeremiah 31:3, Romans 8:35-39 The greatest wonder of the human mind. I: Great Fields of Wonder: 1. The wonders of the universe, countless worlds, mysterious highways, stars as pilgrams, the mystery of the deep, the mountains of the seas. These marvels will cause the strongest minds to falter and faint. 2. One marvels at human need. 3. The appaling sins of the human race. Yet the greatest marvel of all is the love of God. II: The Height of Gods Love: 1. Too high to be stained by hate, malice, jealousy, or foul passions. a. “In him is no darkness at all.” b. “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts!” 2. The force of falling water is determined by its height. There is a type of love which has no vigor because it has no height. It is but a weak...
Memory & Immortality
Luke 16:19-28, Matthew 12:36, and Romans 14:7-12 I: Recognition of Friends in Heaven: 1. Ancient Greek Philosophers. 2. Kings of ancient India. 3. Religions of many countries. 4. The Early Church: a. The Mount of transfiguration. b. The hopes of the early church. 5. The reality of separation between the saved and unsaved. 6. Eternal relationship, enduce tenderness, and forbearance. II: Memory and the Future Life: 1. “Nothing is absolutely lost from the memory.” 2. The Mohawk Indians council at Albany in 1689. 3. The mind startled by danger calls up memories long forgotten. 4. The Cathedral of Limerick bells on the banks of Shannon. 5. The memory of real old people. 6. Memory quickened by disease. 7. The Rich man’s memory. III: Conscience Memory...
Then the Fire of the Lord Fell.
Kings 1 18:30-38 I: The cold water Brigade. 1. The old Prophet knew all Hell couldn’t stop the fire from falling. 2. It is not hard to believe when one is on believing ground. 3. The cold water boys are always there. a. Davids brothers. b. Samballet and Tobia (Nehemiah). c. King Agrippa (Paul). II: “Do it the 3rd time.” 1. Elijah was not disturbed by water. 2. His faith was in the God of fire. 3. His confidence was bolstered by good preparation. 4. False prophets or cold water brigade failed to scare him. He was on believing ground. 5. One with God is a majority. III: “Then the Fire fell.” 1. “Let it be known this day that thou art God.” 2. “I am thy servant.” 3. “I have done these things at thy...
Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead?
Cor. 1 15:12-20, Luke 24:1-11 I: “If there be no resurrection of the dead.” Cor. 1 15:13 1. If Christ didn’t conquer death! 2. Every preacher has preached in vain. 3. Every Christian has lived under false hopes. 4. Every funeral has been a mockery. 5. Every church building has stood in vain. 6. Every prayer has gone unheard. 7. Every Christian song written has been to deceive. II: The Tomb of Jesus is famous because it was empty. 1. England has its famous burial places. 2. The Tombs of ancient potentates are famous because of what they contain. 3. America has her famous graves because of great men and women that are burried there. 4. The tomb of Jesus became the greatest tome of all ages because it was empty. III: “Why Seek ye the living...
The Widows Empty Meal Barrel
Kings 1 17:7-24 I: “The Brook dried up.” 1. God had another place for him. 2. When the supply gives out, God steps in. 3. “Arise get thee to Zarapath, dwell there. I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.” 4. “So he arose and went” not fuss, no hesitation. II: Faith grows like a Mustardseed. 1. Boarding with crows took the fear out of the dwindling meal supply. Sing the Dovoligy. 2. Most Preachers would have turned pale. 3. Most of us would have prayed to have been excused and some scared out of service. 4. Elijah found it safe to trust the Lord with the bread question. 5. God always has someone preparing food for the faithful. III: God chose a busy woman. 1. God never goes to the loafers bench for workers. 2. Her...
The Other Side of the Road
Cor. 1 13:, Luke 10:30-37 I: The Jerico road, (the bloody way). 1. 21 miles of rugged wilderness. 2. A lone man traveled that way. 3. He may have traveled of necessity or by carelessness. 4. He fell among robbers, (What is yours is mine). II: The robbers deed of the road. 1. He wants that which he can take by force. 2. He thinks the World owes him a living. 3. He feels indignant if refused the desire of his heart. 4. Others property he takes by force. “He talked too much.” III: The Priest walked on the heartless side. 1. He was of all people the one to show compassion. 2. His very position should have caused him to stop. 3. For him to pass by was to give a lie to all he stood for. 4. For his won welfare he chose to pass on. 5. James says this mans...
Where is the Lord God of Elijah?
Kings 2 2:8-14 President Roosevelt in WWI: “We will ask again, where is the Lord God of Elijah?” I: A day of Moral decay. 1. Ahab ruled with a wicked Queen. 2. The people were sold out to the worship of Pagan Gods. 3. The worshipers of Jehovah were hiding and fearful. II: The Time of Elijah’s departure was at hand. 1. Like other great saints, he must bring his work to a close. 2. He had finished his course. 3. God looked for a new man to carry on the fight. III: “Ask what I shall do for thee.” 1. A test of his deep desires in life. 2. He could have asked for self and missed the mark. 3. Elisha walked with the great when he asked for a double portion of spiritual power, (Do it again Lord). 4. His only inheritance an old worn mantle...
The Greatest Invitation
Matthew 11:28-30 I: “Come.” From whom: 1. God’s son. 2. Future King and Lord of all. 3. Ruler of the Universe. 4. Man’s Creator. 5. One who loved us enough to die for us. II: “All.” To whom: 1. Not a selected few. 2. Red, yellow, black, and white. 3. Wise and unwise, rich and poor. 4. “Those weary to the point of exhaustion.” 5. Those loaded with burdens, bending beneath their weight. III: “I alone.” None other can do this. 1. He alone can lift our burden, (a burden of sin, grief, and sickness). 2. The World can’t lift these burdens from our shoulders. 3. “Refresh you with rest.” IV: “Take my Yoke.” (The Roman yoke). 1. Wear no longer the hoke of the world. 2. No yoke, no...
The Growths of Cherith
Kings 1 17:1-7 a 3.5 yr. drought. I: “Get thee hence.” Gods command. 1. “The steps of a righteous are orded of the Lord.” 2. No salary was mentioned, not even the kind of a parsonage. 3. But God promised food by crows. Birds that their nature makes them selfish. 4. Eliah packed without delay. 5. He didn’t ask about weather, reliability of the crows, nor their number. “The steps of a righteous man are ordered of the Lord.” II: “By the Brook Cherith.” Gods water supply. 1. He was willing to drink from the brook God placed him by. 2. Like Paul, he learned to be content in God’s will. 3. The lakes and rivers were closed to him. 4. He didn’t get ulcers over the water supply. 5. He didn’t wear...
The Christmas Spirit of God and His Church
Corinthians 2 9:8, Luke 1:67-79, and 2:1-15 Before the foundation of the Earth was laid, God made plans for that 1st Christmas. Rivers of blood and yrs. of prophecy pointed to that 1st Christmas. The great commission was given to the Church that the true spirit of Christmas might be felt by a dying world. I: Christmas meant sacrifice to God. 1. “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Chrust that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye thru his poverty might be rich.” Cor. 2 8:9. a. “I have glorified thee on Earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” b. “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the World was.” John 17:4-5. 2....
The Christian & the Church
Ephesians 5:21-30 I: Jesus depended upon laymen: 1. He selected groups of men for special assignments. 2. Early in his ministry he chose the 12. 3. 6 months before the crufixition he chose 70 and sent them out 2 by 2. 4. On the evening of the Resurrection, he commissioned 10 of the original 12. 5. 6 weeks later he appointed 11 men to carry on. II: To each Group he gave the command “Go ye.” 1. The Master knew that a going Christian is a growing Christian. a. A going Church is a growing Church. b. The yrs. when the Church stopped growing is called the Dark Ages. 2. When a Christian or a Church loses a concren for the lost, they stop going. 3. It is unscriptural and rebellion against a command of Jesus to fail or refuse to go. 4. When God calls, he...
The Church
Ephesians 4:11-14, 5:25-32, and Philemon 2:12-15 Conversion is just the beginning of the Christian life. The journey begins here. The new birth brings us the possibility of becoming Christ-like. The new birth revolutionizes ourselves, our motives, hopes, desires, our aim in life, but these must be worked out in our lives; they must grow. In working out our salvation, we must have a plan and that plan is a Church. Man can’t work out his salvation by self any more than he can be a husband or father by himself. You must live in a home and have a family to be a good husband, so you must live in a church and be a good Christian in the fullest sense of the Word. I: The difference between Sinner and Saint: 1. The spirit of God works thru the Christian. 2. God...
