Eye Trouble
Matthew 6:22-23 With all his mechanical skills, man has never built a machine like the eye. The precision, delicacy, mystery & durability of the human eye surpasses all man’s ability to duplicate. Quote a scripture with an eye in it. The eye is mentioned 334 times in the Bible. The eye flashes with indignation, kindles with enthusiasm, expands with devotion, melts with sympathy, stares with fright, droops with sadness, pale with envy, fires with revenge, twinkles with myth, beames with love, frowns with wrath and contracts with pain. “An eye can threaten like a loaded gun, insults like hissing, or it can make the heart dance with joy.” The eye combines the abilities of Telescrope and Microscope. I: The Eye has great influence. 1. There are...
Consider the Steward
Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Leviticus 26 I: “And you shall remember…” vs. 2. 1. Remember the bondage of Egypt. 2. Remember the whip of the Taskmaster. 3. Remember the death of children by Pharoah. 4. But remember how God defeated the Gods of Egypt. 5. Remember how He led you thru 40 yrs. 6. Remember you are now humble and tested. 7. Remember that man doesn’t live by bread alone. 8. God supplied your every need. II: “Into a good land.” vs. 7. 1. A land of brooks, fountains, and springs. 2. A land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey. 3. You will never hunger for bread. 4. There is iron and copper for your use. III: “Take Heed lest you forget.” vs. 11. 1. That the land belongs to God....
Witnessing That Wins Souls
Matthew 28:19-20 I: The Churches Witness: 1. The lost aren’t coming to church. 2. Lost never came in great numbers. 3. The Churches appeal too often is made to the Natural Man. 4. All other Institutions are making their appeal to the Natural Man. 5. To appeal to the Natural Man alone is to bring shame to the cause of Christ. II: A demand for Spiritual things must be created. 1. The Natural Man demands the things that are natural. 2. The Natural Man can’t understand spiritual things nor does he have a desire for such. 3. God must create the demand. III: How a Spiritual demand is created. 1. This is a merical against nature. 2. Christians are the channel through which this demand is created. 3. Only the Holy Spirit can convict and make man conscious of...
Ye are the Light of the World
John 1:1-14, Matthew 5:14-16 I: “And God saw the light that it was good.” 1. Light was good for it drove away darkness. 2. Light was good for it made life possible. 3. Light was good for it gave warmth to a cold world. 4. Light was good for it is clean. 5. Light is the power behind our insudtry. 6. Light makes life worth while and enjoyable. II “In the beginning was the word.” 1. The word was with God, and the word was God. 2. “All things were made by him.” 3. “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. To them gave He power to become the sons of God.” 4. “The word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” III: “He was not that light.” Cor. 2 4:3-7. 1. John came to bear witness of that...
What Think Ye of Christ
Matthew 22:41-46 I: Pharisees and Scribes sought to insnare Jesus. 1. They weren’t concerned with Truth. 2. They were more concerned with Tradition & Self. 3. The question of tribute to Caesar. 4. The question of whose wife will she be in Heaven. 5. The greatest commandment. II: Jesus asked them: “What think ye of Christ?” 1. Most people we meet have given some thought of Christ. 2. Is there a more important question today? 3. We ask this question about others. 4. It’s more important to know him than any other. 5. Not what you think of your petty traditions or hear say interpretations. 6. Not the many Churches and Denominations. III: What Others Thought of Jesus: His enemies thought: a. “This man receiveth sinners.” b....