There Was A Man Sent From God
John 1:6-9 1. God Sent A Man to Prepare the Way: a. His birth was a miracle. b. His training was in the wilderness. c. His message was different. d. His life was short but true. 2. Augustus and the Roman Empire: a. Israel was looking for help. b. The Roman government prepared roads and made them safe to travel. c. The Greeks prepared the language. d. Augustus sent out the orders to be taxed. 3. In the Fullness of Time: a. Men were hopeless and helpless in sin. b. Prophecy caused them to look for a King. c. John decreased and Jesus increased. d. His life was short, but it changed the course of the world, and gave hope to lost man and made Heaven rejoice.
What Jesus Is
To the artist: He is the one altogether lovely — Songs of Sol. 5:15. To the architect: He is the chief corner stone — Peter 1 2:6. To the astronomer: He is the sun of righteousness — Malachi 4:2. To the baker: He is the bread of life — John 6:35. To the banker: He is the hidden treasure — Matthew 13:44. To the builder: He is the sure foundation — Isaiah 28:16. To the carpenter: He is the door — John 10:7. To the doctor: He is the great physician — Jeremiah 8:22. To the educator: He is the great teacher — John 3:2. To the engineer: He is the new and living way — Hebrews 10:20. To the farmer: He is the sower and Lord of harvest — Luke 10:2. To the florist: He is the rose of Sharon –Songs of...
“That I May Know Him”
Phil. 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 verses 4-6. 3. But “There I counted lost for Christ.” 4. The knowledge outweighed all his fleshly boasting. 5. “I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them, but during, 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 comfortable unto his death.” III: Christ is the Answer. 1. He is the answer to a sin rich 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...
The Ecclesia of God
Cor. 1 1:1-2 Scriptural Context: Paul addresses a letter to the church of God at Corinth. I: The Letter Was to the Church of God. 1. It was not 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 two 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. Eph. 5:25-27. b. 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 ordiances and discipline, and for the...
The Wisdom of Man
Cor. 1 1:17-31 I: Man’s Wisdom Hides the Cross of Christ. 1. Not by night 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. The 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. 1. Not many wise, not many noble, not many mighty according to the flesh. a. It was foolish Israel to leave by the Red Sea in to a howling wilderness. b. It...