How do You See God?
Isaiah 6 (Man on look-out Mountain, Chatanoga, TN.) I: How cheap is your God? 1. Is His name used with disrespect? 2. Do you treat Him as one afar off? 3. Has His word become cheap to you? 4. Do you give Him cheap shabby service? 5. The reason men throw their lives away is because they value them cheap. II: Isaiah saw God. 1. God removed the King. 2. He saw him high and lifted up. 3. His train filled the temple. 4. He received the worship of the Heavenly beings. III: Isaiah saw Himself. 1. “Woe is me, for I am undone.” 2. “I am a man of unclean lips.” Doctor, Professor, Teacher, Lawyer, Preacher, and Moron may all look alike, but when they open their mouth you can tell the difference. 3. “I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean...
He is Faithful that Promised
Hebrews 10:23 I: What is a Promise? 1. A declaration made as to another person. 2. No promise is better than the one who makes it. 3. The future is as bright as the Promises of God. 4. Clouds give Promise of rain. 5. Flowers and grass give promise of Spring. 6. Men make modern promises too lightly. II: Gods Promise to Abraham and his Seed. Genesis 12:1-2. 1. Abraham promised a land, a nation, a blessing to the whole world. 2. Gods promise to Moses as leader. 3. Gods promise to David. 4. Gods promise to Elijah. III: Gods Promise to the Church. Matthew 28:19-20. 1. His promise was power for the task. 2. Strength through trial. 3. His prsence to go with them. IV: Gods Promises hold a Condition: 1. To claim the Promise we must move by faith into action. (No faith, no...
Have Courage, My Boy to Say No.
(Written by a devoted mother, to be given to her son upon his entrance into business). You’re starting today on life’s journey, alone on the highway of life; You’ll meet with a thousand temptations, each city with evile is rife. This world is a stage of excitement, There’s danger wherever you go, But if you are tempted in weakness have courage, my boy, to say no. The Siren’s sweet smile may allure you, beward of her cunning and art. Whenever you see her approaching, be guarded and haste to depart. The billiard saloons are inviting decked out in their tinsel and show. Should you be invited to enter, have courage, my boy, to say no. Be careful in choosing companions, seek only the brave and the true, and stand by your friends when in...
He Shall Receive A Reward
Corinthians 1 3:1-15 Pauls heart was heavy because the church at Cornith had lest its influence in the city of Cornith. This chapter he gives the reason the Church had lost its influence. I: Lack of spiritual insight. 1. “I brethren couldn’t speak unto you as unto spiritual.” Not lost people he is speaking to. 2. “But as unto carnal” opposite to spiritual. a. Controlled by the flesh and worldly desires. b. Divisions in the household of faith. c. Immorality and drunkeness. d. Going to court with one another. e. These came from Carnal people. II: Other foundation can no man lay … 1. The only solid everlasting foundation is Jesus. We never build on creeds of men nor on men. 2. These people were missing the importance of the true...
Have Faith in God
Mark 9:14-29, Matthew 17:14-21, and Hebrews 11:1-6 I: Faith is essential to our daily living. 1. We must have faith in our selves. 2. We must have faith in others. 3. The business world would fail without faith. 4. The world would go mad without faith. II: Our faith can be placed in the wrong things. 1. Often, faith in ourselves or others brings us to shame. 2. Faith in our business is often shaken. 3. Faith in the false ways to Heaven is fatal. III: It is impossible to please God without Faith. 1. Without a living faith we become faithless. 2. When our faith is weak we are troubled by small winds of false doctrines. 3. A living faith will dare and die. 4. Faith in God keeps hope alive. IV: The 11th of Hebrews tells of men and women of Faith. 1. These men and...
He was Moved with Compassion
Matthew 9: I: A compassionate heart sent him to: 1. A manger as a baby. 2. To a life of sorrow and loneliness. 3. To a cross on Calvary and a grave that was not his. II: He was moved by people. 1. The multitudes tugged at his heart. 2. When they were hungry. 3. When they were misled by sin. 4. When they were burdened by the sorrows of life. 5. He had compassion on them while he was nailed to the cross of shame. III: He had compassion on individuals: 1. A widdow weaping over her sons dead body. 2. Martha and Mary weeping over a dead brother. 3. The impatient man by the pool. 4. The blind man that begged. 5. Wherever he met sickness and sorrow, he was moved to action. IV: He had compassion on the Individual that sin had bound. 1. The man that met him filled with...
Grace Abounding
The Christian life is a life of giving or it becomes a miserable life. Jesus came from Heavens splendor to Earth’s poverty as a gift to a lost and dying world. Jesus came not to be ministered to, but to minister. The root word from which we get Deacon and Pator means to serve. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” I: To live or not to live a life of Grace. 1. Grace appears in chpt. 8 seven times. a. Early meaning: Beauty, order, health, love, contrasted with ugliness, chaos, and sickness. b. Later meaning: To impart these to others. 2. Grace will abound in giving freely. 3. He that soweth sparingly reaps sparingly. 4. He that looseth his life shall find it. II: The Church of Macedonia. 1. Moved by the grace of God. 2. “Gave...
God Put A Rainbow in the Sky
Genesis 9:8-17, Revelation 10:1-2 I: When God made the rainbow. 1. Judgment had been executed upon the whole world. 2. Destruction and waste caught the eye at every turn. 3. Gods wrath had burned brightly. 4. The rainbow appeared for the 1st time. II: The Rainbow was a sign for both God and Man to see. 1. It reminds God of his covenant with man. 2. It reminds man of the promise of God. 3. It reminds God of the frailness of man. 4. It reminds man of the goodness of God. 5. Man has marveled at the rainbow and forgotten that God made it as a sign of His judgment and goodness. III: The Rainbow is a reminder. Peter 2 3:3-4 1. It reminds man that God destroyed the old world by water. 2. It calls to mind that God will destroy the present one by fire. 3. God never...
God’s Hurry
Peter 2 3:, Corinthians 2 6:2, and Luke 15:20 One day could seem like a thousand years. A night by a loved ones dying bed, when great disaster strikes, like the storming of the enemy Beach, like an atom bomb destroying great cities. Like God watching 5,000 people die every hour, 3,000+ stand before God with no help. I: Gods Hurry Revealed in Scripture: 1. Mary at the empty tomb. “Go quickly.” Matthew 28:7. 2. Peter when the angel released him from prison. “Arrise up quickly.” Acts 3. A sense of urgency drove the disciples. 4. Paul urged Timothy to be in a hurry to preach in season and out of season. II: Sometimes we want God to hurry. 1. When trouble has come to our home. 2. Wen we are threatened with hunger or cold. 3. When sickness or...
God Remembered
Genesis 8:1-5, Luke 23:39-45 I: Gods memory is good. 1. He remembered Noah. 2. When Sodom was destroyed He remembered Abrahams prayers. 3. God remembered to punish the Amalkites. 4. God remembered the lone survivor of Jacksonboro – The accursed town that was – is dead. 5. God never forgets a promise. II: He remembered Noah’s Ark. 1. He shut him in from the flood. 2. He watched over the Ark. 3. He delievered him after the flood had passed. III: “Remember Me.” Peter 2 3:1-10. 1. The thief on the cross called on Jesus to remember him. 2. When this world is in chaos, I want to be remembered. 3. When the dead are raised I want to be remembered. 4. When God divides the goats from the sheep, the wheat from the tares, I want to be...
Hast thou Considered My Servant Job?
Job. 1:1-15 I: Job was a servant of God. 1. Perfect and upright, one that feared God and hated evil. 2. He was a family man and priest of his family. 3. He was a man of great wealth. II: Satan the accuser among the Sons of God. 1. One that came to bring a bad report. 2. He makes it his business to cast down the children of God. 3. He delights to bring a report on the backslider, a trouble maker, cold indifferent Christian. 4. He is not anxious to report on sinners sins but with joy he reports the Christians that dabbles with sin. 5. He will accuse the wayward 1st and then find fault with the Saints. III: Hast thou considered my servant Job? 1. His personal walk as a Christian. 2. His spiritual concern about his children. 3. His charity and thoughtfulness with the...
Friends
Job 2:11-13 A Good Friend (Heart Throbs 2 pg. 198). I: Friendship too often lightly used. 1. On slight acquaintance we call them friends. 2. Though there is no strong tie that binds we call them friends. 3. Though we wouldn’t call them in our deep sorrow we call them friends. 4. Though we feel ill at ease and stand in fear of offending them we call them friends. II: Fair Weather Friends: 1. Some friends are obtained with money. 2. Some friends by popularity. 3. Some for political reasons. 4. When the pressure of sorrow comes, they fold their tents and steal away in the night. III: Real Friends: 1. There is a bond stronger than death. a. David and Jonathan. b. David and his warriors. 2. Before these we may feel at ease. 3. To a real friend we take our...
