What Jesus Is
1. To the Artist: He is one altogether lovely. Songs of Solomon 5:15. 2. To the Architect: He is the chief corner stone. Peter 1 2:6. 3. To the Astronomer: He is the son of righteousness. Malachi 4:2. 4. To the Baker: He is the bread of life. John 6:35. 5. To the Banker: He is the hidden treasure. Matthew 13:44. 6. To the Builder: He is the sure foundation. Isaiah 28:16. 7. To the Carpenter: He is the door. John 10:7. 8. To the Doctor: He is the great physician. Jeremiah 8:22. 9. To the Educator: He is the great teacher. John 3:2. 10. To the Engineer: He is the new and living way. Hebrews 10:20. 11. To the Farmer: He is the sower and Lord of harvest. Luke 10:2. 12. To the Florist: He is the rose of Sharon. Songs of Solomon 2:1. 13. To the Geologist: He is the...
The Vine is Different
Ezekiel 15:1-5 The vine is different. It’s useless as lumber, it’s fit only for the fire when it quits bearing fruit. I: Israel called a vine. Isaiah 5: 1. Planted in a fruitful hill. 2. Fenced it and gathered out the stones. 3. Then he looked for fruit and it brought forth wild grapes. II: The Vineyard of the Slothful Man: Proverbs 24:30-34. 1. “I went by the field of the slothful.” 2. “The vineyard of the man void of understanding.” 3. “Any it was all grown over with thorns and nettles had covered the face thereof.” 4. “And the stone wall thereof was broken down.” 5. The cause was: Sleep, slumber, and folded hands. III: The Christian the fruit bearing branch. 1. Jesus is the true vine. 2. The father is...
The Works of the Lord in the Deep
Psalm 107:1-32 I: “Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness.” 1. “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.” a. “They wondered in the Wilderness in a solitary way, they found no city to dwell it.” b. “Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.” c. “Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble.” 2. “He that satisfieth the longing soul.” a. “Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of Death.” b. “They rebelled against the words of God.” c. “He brought down their heart with labour.” d. “Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble.” 3. “He hath broken the Gates of Brass and cut the bars of Iron in sunder.” a. “Fools...
The Righteousness of the Pharisee
Luke 18:11-, Matthew 6:1-7 The Pharisees were a religious party numbering about 6,000 and holding great power over the Jewish nation. They were noted for their self-conceit, arrogance, long prayers, tithing, fasting, and keeping of tradition. I: Some Things that the Scriptures Tell Us & the Talmud: 1. The Talmud says: “There were 7 kinds of Pharisees.” a. Shecermites: Who keep the law for what it will prophet them. b. Tumblers: Always hanging down the head & draggung the feet. c. Bleeders: Who to avoid looking at women shut their eyes and so bump their heads. d. Mortars: Wearing caps in the form of Mortars covering the eyes from seeing impurities. 2. Jesus constantly opposed them. a. “Woe unto you Scribes, Pharisees, and...
The Wisdom of Man
Cor. 1 17-31 I: Man’s wisdom hides the cross of Christ. 1. Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of host. 2. Our leaders in the schools of our land have hid the cross by the wisdom of man. 3. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 4. God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Job 38. 5. Through wisdom of the World can never know God except thru the preaching of the Cross. 6. Jews require a sign and Greeks seek after wisdom. 7. The Power and Wisdom of God is manifested in the Cross of Christ. II: The Foolishness of God is wiser than men. Not many wise, not many noble, not many mighty according to the flesh. a. It was foolish Israel to leave by the Red Sea into a howeling wilderness. b. It was foolish to...