The Needs of A Boy
Ephesians 6:1-4 I: The needs of a boy are many. 1. There are the many needs of his baby life. 2. Those needs change and enlarge as he grows older: Knife, slingshot, bicycle, waggon, etc. 3. His need for different food and clothing began to change. 4. He needs companions, play, and guidance. II: Every boy needs a storehouse of memories. 1. Memories of duties well performed. 2. Memories of failure and success. 3. Memories of a dad that loved, guided, and led toward the highest ideals of life. 4. Memories of the pleasures of a well organized Christian home, (Old Oken Bucket) pg. 183. III: Every boy needs a Christian Father. 1. Because his father is ideal and pattern. 2. His life will be influenced by the way daddy leads. 3. He will remember more by example than...
The Ecclesia of God
Cor. 1 1:1-2 I: The letter was to the Church of God. 1. It wasn’t addressed to an individual, but to an organized called out people of God. 2. Paul dealt with individuals in the Church Membership. 3. “There are 2 senses in which the word church is used.” a. “All believers whether they are thought of as existing on Earth, or on Earth and in Heaven at any particular time, or as the total assembly of the redeemed in the life to come.” Ephesians 5:25-27. b. E.Y. Mullins: “The great majority of New Testament passages indicate a local body composed of believers in Jesus Christ who are associated together for the cultivation of the Christian Life, the maintenance of the ordinnces and discipline, and for the propagation of the...
10 Yrs. Old in A Pinch
Cor. 2 6:1-10 Some men are good soldiers on the parade ground, but break and run on the field of battle. Some people talk a good Christian life, but never seem to have what it takes to die daily for Christ. Too many men are 10 yrs. old in a pinch. I: “Receive not the grace of God in vain.” (Continue in sin). 1. The grace of God isn’t to be received like water into the Dead Sea. a. The Jordan River has life until it enters the Dead Sea. b. Water that has no out-let becomes stagnet. c. God urges upon us the urgency of Spiritual exercise. 2. A lifeless Christian is a stumbling block to others. a. He becomes a burden to his church and often a source of trouble. b. Others are often persuaded to follow his example. c. Sinners see no difference in...
That I May Know Him
Phillip 3:1-10 I: “And have my confidence in the flesh.” 1. To know the power of sin makes us to love confidence in the flesh. 2. Paul could have boasted in the flesh. vs. 4-6. 3. but “There I counted lost for Christ.” 4. The knowledge outweighed all his fleshly byasting. 5. I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them, but being that I may win Christ. II: “That I may know him.” 1. That I may know the power of his resurrection. 2. “The fellowship of his suffering.” 3. Made comformable unto his death. III: Christ is the answer. 1. He is the answer to a sin sick world. 2. He is the answer to every sorrow. 3. He is the answer to every broken heart. 4. He is the answer to every sick head. 5. He is the answer...
The Bases of Foregiveness
Matthew 6:14, 18:21-35 I: The Need for Forgiveness: 1. All human race needs God’s forgiveness. a. All have sinned and come short. b. All have failed to live up to what we knew God wanted us to do. c. “If we say we have no sin, we lie!” 2. Man’s forgiveness to man: a. Men fail one another. b. The only way to restore broken fellowship. II: The Bases of Forgiveness, The Prodical Son: 1. God’s way of forgiveness. a. He paid the price of pardon. b. He forgives freely and completely. c. He expects us to live in the full freedom of forgiveness. 2. Man’s bases of forgiveness: a. As God has forgiven us we forgive others. b. Our forgiveness before God depends upon forgiving others. c. Our forgiveness should be from the inner man....