Repentance
Acts 20:21, Cor. 2 7:10 Repent – To be patient, comforted, eased, feel sorry for or to regret, to repent one’s choice regret for past action. To turn back or have another mind. J.B. Lawrence “Certainly, repentance is necessary, but repentance is the 1st step in faith. No one can believe on Christ and accept him as Saviour and Lord without turning away from sin.” (Kindlings for Revival Fires, pg. 116). 1. The mind must be moved in the act of repentance, but that’s not all: The confession, “I have sinned,” is made by many. Hardened Pharoah Exodus 9:27, Double-minded Balaam Numbers 22:34, Remorseful Achaean Joshua 7:20, Insincere Saul Samuel 1 15:24, and despairing Judas Matthew 27:4. 2. “There must be a change of...
Pride the Destroyer
Luke 18:9-14 Pride strives to center all activity toward itself. I: Pride is no respector of persons. 1. Satan fell from his exalted place when pride possessed his heart. 2. Pride caused Eve to desire the forbidden fruit more than the Will of God. 3. “Israel was warned not to let pride cause them to forget God when they became prosperous.” Deuteronomy 8:11. 4. Pride caused Haman to build the Gallows he was hung upon. II: Two men went up to pray. 1. One was a Pharasee. a. He was a religious leader. b. He stood and addressed God with pride. c. He was conceited in being better than other men. d. He boasted of the good things he was doing. e. He went home with his burden of sin. 2. The other was a Publican. a. He felt his sin too deep to be proud before...
The Importance of Stewardship to the Individual
Cor. 1 4:2 1. A right appreciation of the word Stewardship. God owns all things, we use them, or possess them temporarily. 2. Accepted Stewardship will: a. Save us from vanity, dishonesty, covetousness. b. It will mean the difference between stagnation and vitalization. c. It will make one feel at partnership with God in his Kingdom work. (Stewardship is applied Christianity). 3. Stewardship measures ones love. a. Love is measured by its sacrifice. b. Stewardship will strengthen ones love. 4. “I seek not yours, but you.” Cor. 2 12:14. The main spring of stewardship is the hole man given in loving service to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Savings from Evangelism Conference
1. Our present world minimizes sin and humanizes Jesus. 2. Our faith is being destroyed by Materialism. 3. We are facing malnutrition of our spiritual life. 4. 27,000,000 High School young people are spiritual illiterates. 5. 80% of our High School young people have no church affiliation. 6. 90,000,000 college students sleep in on Sunday morning. 7. “You can almost pick out the Baptist Church by the cigarettes on the walk outside.” Dr. Lee. 8. “Hell is God’s sewer system.” 9. We are too often a ripple when we could be a tide. 10. We must preach by life as well as lip. No one can preach cream and live skimmed milk. 11. God will use any vessel as long as it’s clean. 12. No Christian ought to have a habit they couldn’t...
Time and Talent
Psalm 90:10-12 I: Jesus told a story of talents. 1. Giving to his own. 2. Each according to ability. 3. Each had to give an account. 4. The difference was in the way they used their time and talents. II: Time must be considered. 1. Time can’t be stored up, bought back, or hurried up, or slowed down. 2. Time moves in 1 direction, toward eternity. 3. Time is the same to all! a. “Ask someone else who has more time!” b. “The difference quite often is how we use or misuse our time.” c. “The noiseless foot of time steals swiftly by, and era we dream of manhood, age is nigh!” 4. To get the most of our time we must seek Gods will. 5. Proper budgeting of ones life will find time for service to God. God will hold us responsible for...