“I am come in My Fathers Name”
John 5:39-47 The meaning of this name caused the Jews to seek the death of Jesus. vs. 18 I: What this Name Meant to One Man. 1. What Jesus did to that man and what he said about it cost him his life. 2. He saw a man, he knew, he acted. 3. “Take up thy bed and walk. 4. “The Jews sought more to kill him.” vs. 18 The God is dead. People ignore the changed lives of people that have ignored the Healed man and met Jesus. Their Theology blinded them to God. II: “My Father Worketh …” 1. Jesus said that God had not rested since man has been burdened with sin and its effect. 2. “And I work.” Jesus 3. Sin in the Human Race broke in upon Gods rest. III: “He Claimed Equality of God.” vs. 17 Proof, Scriptures,...
Home Sweet Home?
“Is it well wit thee? is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child?” Kings 2 4:26 Are we making a success of our homes? “Train up a child in the way he should go.” Christianity in the home will settle the destiny of the Nation. The greatest need of America is solid Christian homes. Prov. 22:6 “I have no faith in a woman that will talk about Heaven and make Hell out of her home with an old gating-gun tongue.” B.S. “I believe that the downfall of most men and women can be traced to some defect in the home.” “Obedience to the Laws of God and Man are taught in the home.” Billy Sunday I: How Shall We Train Our Children? 1. Shall we leave it to the schools? Shall we leave it to the Church, or shall...
He that Loveth His Life Shall Lose It
John 12:20-27 To often we refuse to do the unpleasant task because there is a more pleasant and easier way to please self. The Greeks were knocking at his door for admission. Sheep of another folded. I: “Now is My Soul Troubled.” 1. The burdens of a lost world. 2. The grain of wheat must be planted. His life to be given for others. 3. A shameful death, the agony of separation from the Father. 4. He was walking with: Abraham to Mt. Moriah, a. Setting with Job on the ash heap. b. With David as he wept for Absolem. c. Elijah under the Juniper Tree. d. With Jeremiah as he watched a Nation die. 5. It is questionable if any life reaches its prime, or unfolds its beauty until there has dark valley crossed with cries of pain and the soul has tasted the cup of...
God’s Christmas Gift
John 3:16 I: If I had the Money to Give, What I Would Like to Give. 1. If I could meet all the financial needs of family and friends. 2. If I could give material gifts without limit. 3. If I could feed all the hungry world. 4. If I had a Medical Clinic to heal all the lame, fault, and blind. 5. If I could restore all the Human Race to perfect health. What Joy! But I don’t have. II: If I had the Power. 1. Calm the storm that tossed lives. 2. Bring peace to every troubled heart. 3. Believe the fears of death and life. 4. Reunite every broken home. 5. Bring peace to every battle field. 6. Beat every sword into plow shares. 7. Assure every man a way to heaven. WHAT A GIFT! And I can through Christ. III: “God Gave.” 1. His gift was not fancy wrapped....
God Calls Again
Mark 14:66-72, John 21:15-17 I: Seven Steps in Peters backsliding. 1. “Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.” (conceited) 2. Peter was asleep when he should have been praying. (ease) 3. In haste, without consideration, he cut off a mans ear. (rashness) 4. Following afar off, close enough to see what was taking place. 5. Evil company, warming by the wrong fire. 6. Open denial, fear, shame, and disappointment. a. He denied knowing him to the little maid. (Peter have you forgotten)? b. He denied the 2nd time. (Peter have you forgotten the mighty works he did)? 7. Blasphemy, bitten filthy, ungodly words fell from his lips. II: The Rooster Crowed, God Called. 1. His bitter stinging words put the rough soldiers...
Eternal Life
John 3:14-18, Cos. 3:1-3 The word Eternal means: “Without beginning or ending of duration.” “The eternal God is thy refuge of endless duration, imperishable, perpetual, ceaseless, continued, infinite time.” Deut. 33:27 I: How do We Obtain Eternal Life? 1. Not by works, lest any man should boast. 2. Not by the change of attitude or habits. 3. “For God so loved the World that He gave his only begotten Son, (His son is life).” John 1 1:2 4. By drinking the water of life. John 4:14. 5. Eating the bread of life. Rev. 2:7. 6. Eating of the tree of life. Rev. 2:7. 7. Believing on Jesus Christ. John 3:18 II: In whose Hands is Eternal Life? 1. Eternal life belongs to God. 2. Works does not obtain nor can they lose Eternal Life. 3....
Eternal Life or the Wrath of God
John 3:14-21, 3:36 Here we have the two greatest contrasts found in the Bible. One hand, we have the bright picture of everlasting life, and on the other we have the darkness of Gods wrath. Here we have the choice to two ways set before us. Verse 18 tells us we must choose one of these two ways. I: What is Eternal Life? 1. Eternal life is real life. “Lay hold on Eternal life.” Tim. 6:19 Buried in his Cadillac John Rice: “How much do you own that direction?” Much we call life is not life, but death. “She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.” Tim. 5:6 2. “Eternal life is an abundant life.” John 10:10 Full of beauty, joy, abounding in overflowing life. 3. Eternal life is satisfying life. Soul yearning is...
Does Trouble Trouble You?
The world cries out to us from every signboard, from the Radio, T.V, etc. with these words: “Hey, hey, hey, you!” Matt. 6:24-34, John 16:23 I: Jesus would Teach Us How to Say No. 1. Our life can be wasted on a thousand little things when it could count tremendously on a few good causes. 2. It takes almost half as much time for us to make a living as it did grandpa. 3. We have, at our command, things he never dreamed; Aladdin’s lamp could call into existence. 4. With all our helps and improvements, we seem to find less time to serve God than our for fathers did. II: We Let the World Worry and Confuse Us. 1. We worry about the sign, “Beware of falling rocks.” 2. Worry will have no effect on the rock, but it will effect the...
Cast off the Grave Clothes
John 11:1-46 I: “He whom Thou Lovest is Sick.”: 1. His family was moved by his sickness. 2. His friends went to tell Jesus. 3. Jesus was slow in coming. 4. Jesus wept and groaned. II: “Take Ye Away the Stone.” 1. The stone sealed the grave. 2. There was something for them to do. 3. They exercised their faith by rolling away the stone. 4. Many times we stop the mighty power of God by refusing to remove the stone. 5. The Psalms spoke of stones to be removed, ungodly counsel, standing in the way of sinners, the seat of the scornful. 6. There are stones of indifference, neglect, procrastination, and plain sin. III: “Loose Him and Let Him go.” 1. His hands were bound, when he came from the grave, the Lord wanted his hands turned...
“And His Disciples Believed on Him”
John 2:1-11, Prov. 20:1, 31:4-7, and Rom. 14:21 I: “And the 3rd Day.” 1. His recent return from 40 days in the Wilderness. 2. John baptism and testimony. 3. The gathering of 5 disciples. 4. These were to turn the world upside down. II: “A Marriage in Cana.” (4 Miles North East of Nazareth). 1. “The mother of Jesus was there.” (Probably Kin Folk or real close friends). 2. Jesus and his Disciples were invited. 3. “And when they wanted wine an embarrassing situation arose.” 4. Jesus was approached by his mother. III: “My Hour is not Yet.” 1. Jesus gently broke the mother authority. 2. He informed her that he was now about the Fathers business. 3. His most triumphant hour was not come. 4. He would move...
Abiding in Love
John 13:34-35, Rom. 13:8-10, and Thesalonians 1 4:9-10 Love (on board) 1. Name different kinds of love: Love of Wife and Husband, Love of Child, Parent, Country, Freedom, Fine clothes, Beauty of God, Music, etc… 2. What is the binding Cement of the kind of love? Intense, Concern for the lost, Interest of the Person, or being loved? Would you want to live in a Community without love? Services of Love. 3. Read Cor. 1 13:1-3 4. (Display Picture and Lords Supper). John 13:34-35 5. Explain or discuss what Love means among fellow Christians. Does love mean we have to always agree? 6. Love is the distinguishing mark of Christians. Do we display such a love for one another of our Church that lost people want to know more about us and our Church? 7. Read Rom....
A New Start
John 3:1-9, Jonah 3:1-3 I: “He Knew What was in Men.” 1. Dr. give me another chance. Dr. Cronin 2. Many times Jesus refused to commit himself to men. 3. He refused to speak at Pilates command. 4. He could not do mighty works in some places because of unbelief. 5. Jesus read the very thoughts of men, Nathanael, the accusers of a sinful woman. II: But There was a Man, a Sincere Inquirer. 1. He was always willing to reveal himself to one that seeks with all the heart. a. God will open the door when we knock in earnest. b. Jesus was easy to find for those who wanted to know him. 2. Nicodemus was no coward, nor was he a fool. a. He was a man with much prestige. b. He was willing to cross the barrier that stood between them. c. He was not satisfied...
