Satan
Isaiah 14:12-19, Ezekiel 28:11-19 I: Who is Satan? 1. One of great power, full of wisdom & beauty. 2. Cast out of Heaven because of Pride. 3. Was once mighty in Heaven. 4. He was a mighty musician. II: He is the Ruler of This Wicked World. 1. He offered the nations to Jesus. Luke 4:3-7. 2. He has power to kill. Luke 12:4-5. 3. He is over the demon world. III: He is the Accuser. 1. Job was accused by him. 2. He deframes the children of god. 3. He is a slanderer; he retails vile language. 4. He stirs up strife, bitterness, & discontent. IV: He uses man to do his work. God and Satan must work thru men. Satan to destroy; God to destroy. 1. He is a corrupter thru men. Cor. 2 11:3.a. He robs of virtue & purity of heart. b. He uses some vile men or women to...
Sons of God
Cor. 2 6:1-18 Have we fully realized since we believed that we are the Sons of God? This fact was a sustaining force in the early church and during the dark ages. Paul points out some ways for the Christians of Corinth to let the world know their stand before God. I: By Consistency (thou art a Jewel) Reuben. 1. Under physical pressures: Afflictions, stripes, necessities, imprisonments, distresses, and laborers. 2. Under spiritual pressures: Fastings, pureness, knowledge, kindness, Holy Ghost, and truth. II: By Convictions: 1. The unequal yoke — business — marriage, etc. 2. That you cannot mix righteousness and unrighteousness. 3. Light and darkness. 4. Christ and Belial. 5. The believer and the infidel. 6. Temple and idols (the believer & idols)....
Religion Won’t Save.
Matt. 7:15-23, Gal. 5:17-23 Men from Cains day have been religious. I: Reformed, not reborn.1. Cleaning the outside of the cup. 2. Judas worked miracles in Jesus name. 3. The Pharisees had a religion. 4. What world has a religion? 5. Saul of Tarsus had a religion. II: Scripture tells of false beliefs. 1. The parable of the sower. Matt. 13. 2. The wedding feast. Matt. 22.3. The ten virgins. Matt. 25. 4. A net filled with good & bad fish. Matt. 13. 5. The wheat and tares. Matt. 13. 6. The Pharisee that prayed, fasted, attended church, tithed, & lived a good moral life, but he was lost. Luke 18:91. 7. The bed is too short, the cover is too narrow. Isaiah 28:20. Will your religion do to die...