Life’s Royal Road
Matt. 7:13-14 I: How Do We Get on This Road? 1. A wall of sin separates us from it like a giant steel fence. 2. It is impossible to work our way onto this road. 3. You can’t reason your way onto this road. 4. You can’t buy your way on, for the toll is too much. 5. There is a Door that opens free of charge. II: How do we Know when We Are on This Road? 1. “We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren.” John 1 3:14 2. “The Spirit itself beareth witness with ours, that we are the children of God.” 3. Our hearts burn within us. 4. We see the historical land marks. III: Is it a Good Road? 1. It is narrow. 2. It is not crowded. 3. It leads thru valleys of sorrow and over Mountains of persecution. 4....
Life’s Foundation
A sermon that does not help the hearer is not worth preaching. The purpose of the sermon is to make clear the Word of God and inspire the hearer to do something about it. Matt. 7:24-27 I: Jesus Warned his Audience to Hear and Do. 1. He had just preached the Sermon on the Mt. 2. They had heard about God’s care for his own. 3. They had heard about how to fulfill the Law. 4. They were taught deep things of the heart. 5. Character was greater than possession. 6. He taught that we ought to serve others out of a heart of love. II: Three Things the Hearer Ought to Experience. 1. Our hearts ought to be stirred. a. A man without feelings is dead. b. Our emotions ought to be stirred by God’s word. 2. Our minds ought to be stimulated. a. Christ urged his...
Jesus Never Changes
Live in a world that changes rapidly. Heb. 13:8, Rev. 1:1-20 I: Methods and Materials of Warfare Change Continually. 1. Planes, tanks, guns, ships, etc. become obsolete in a few months. 2. Methods of warfare now include the whole nation, there seems to be no definite battle line. 3. Men fight for control of air, sea, and land. 4. Our guns shoot around corners, bullets seek out their target and pursue it. Plains fly without men aboard, ships directed by light, bombs droned in total darkness, water bailed 50 miles away. War is swiftly changing. II: Our Lives Have Been Changed in Home and Public. 1. Our homes have been changed until it affects our whole life. 2. Our fashions change. 3. Even our concept of moral standards have changed. 4. Our laws change from year to...
Jesus Loved Him
Mark 10:17-22, Matthew 19:16-30, Luke 18:25 I: “There Came One Running.” vs. 17 1. Jesus was passing by and there was need to hurry. 2. He fell on his knees. 3. He asked a question that had pressed hard upon his heart. 4. He felt there was more to religion than he had found in keeping the law. II: The Young Man’s Question and Jesus Answer. 1. His question came from a young and hungry heart. 2. He was not ashamed to run and kneel. 3. He was willing to do some hard task to have eternal life. 4. Jesus asked for all that he had. 5. Jesus looked deep into his heart and saw that there was great possibilities as a dedicated disciple. 6. Jesus saw the one thing that meant more than discipleship. 7. The young man counted the cost and found the price more...
In the Manger of Bethlehem
Why did he choose the little town of Bethlehem? Why choose a manger? (To fulfill the scripture). “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isa. 7:14 “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2. The historians even wrote of the expectancy of a great and mighty King that was to be born. Virgil the Latin poet wrote of the coming King, of the East were expecting him to appear and followed the star to Bethlehem. The Chief priest and Scribes believed that the Scriptures taught that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem. Herod...
Idle Living
Jesus was much concerned about idle words, idle fruit bearers and idle faith. It was the fruitless tree he cursed; it was the grapeless vine that was burned, and the saltless salt that was thrown away to be tramped by men. (Idle mind, the Devil’s work-shop). Inactive Christianity is the curse of America today. Matt. 12:36, Peter 2 1:1-9 I: Idle Words. 1. Idle is a combination of a negative prefix and the noun “work.” It means free from work, not working, inactive. An idle word is a weed in the garden of speech. 2. The danger of idle words to self. a. A busy tongue must find something to say. “In the multitude of words, there wanteth not a sin.” Prov. 10:19 “A fools voice is known by multitude of words.” Eccl. 5:3...
I Have Enough
Gen. 33:1-17, Tim. 1 6:6-12, Phil. 4:11-12, Prov. 30:8 I: Men of the Old Testament. 1. Abraham satisfied with the hills. 2. Lot desired the more fertile valleys, but was never happy. 3. Esau was content with only earthly things. 4. Jacob was satisfied with what God had given him and is only after he ceased from his own scheming and planning. II: Men of the New Testament. 1. Jesus taught contentment. Matt. 6:25-34 2. Paul learned contentment. Phil. 4:11-12 3. Paul taught contentment. Tim. 1 6:6-10 III: The Danger of Discontentment. 1. The danger of temptation and snares. 2. Foolish and hurtful lust. 3. The danger of being pierces with many sorrows. How strange to hear one say: “I have enough.” “I am content and happy.” There seems...
Hell’s Population
Will a loving God send people to Hell? Man is an external being, an external criminal must be placed in an external prison. Psalm 9:17, Gal. 5:19-21, Rev. 22:15, Rev. 21:8 I: Men Earn Their Own Hell. If God Will Permit Sin to: 1. Cripple, mime, blind and disease people. 2. Fill our jails and electric chair and noose. 3. Break up homes and leave children with broken hearts and lives. 4. Sin causes nations to rise against nation in War. 5. If man chooses to walk in sin he must spend eternity in God’s prison. II: Men without Honor, Woman without Virtue: 1. In hell, there will be no restraining influence, no Christians, and no Wholesome atmosphere. 2. The honest man will dwell with the thief. 3. The man of religion with the infidel. 4. The...
Hell
Hell is not a fairy tail. Mark 9:43-48, Rev. 14:10-11, Rev. 21:8 I: Jesus Taught the Reality Of Hell. 1. He taught that hell was so real that: a. It was better cut off your hand than let it send you to hell. b. It is better to cut off your foot than let it send your body to hell. c. It is better to pull out your eye than let it send your soul to hell. 2. Hell was so real to Jesus that he: a. Left the splendors of Heaven and was born in a manger to keep men from hell. b. He suffered the temptations of man and tasted of their sorrow to keep them from. c. He gave his body; was broken and his heart crushed with sin to keep from hell. II: What Kind of Place is Hell? 1. It is a place prepared for the devil and his angels. Matt. 25:41 2. It is a place of everlasting...
Rev. George E. Findley
The following are sermon notes from over 1,000 lessons prepared by George E. Findley during his 30 years behind the pulpit of small Southern Baptist churches throughout California and Arkansas from the 1940’s until his passing in 1975. He was rarely paid more than $100 a week while raising a family of six with four children. Uncompromising in his delivery of the word of God, his vision and calling are apparent in the sermon outlines he left as his legacy.
