Stewards of Good News
Cor. 2 5:14-21, Peter 1 4:10 Bad news becomes a burden, and good news makes one to rejoice. I: The Greatest News of All Times: “Adam where art thou?” 1. “I have loved you with an everlasting love” Jeremiah 31:3. 2. “Greater love hath no man…” John 15:3. 3. “Love of Christ passeth knowledge.” Eph, 3:19. 4. “Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth…” Romans 38-39. 5. “For God so loved.” II: News that can Never Make Us Blush for Shame: 1. Paul before Ephesus, Athens, Phillipa, and Rome. 2. It is the greatest gift of all gifts. 3. It is a gift to those that loved him not. 4. News with no apology....
Eye Trouble
Matthew 6:22-23, 18:9 With all his mechanical skills man has never built a machine like the eye. The precision, delicacy, mystery, & durability of the human eye surpasses all mans ability to duplicate. Quote a scripture with an eye in it. The eye is mentioned 534 times in the bible. The eye flashes with indignation, kindles with enthusiasm, expands with devotion, melts with sympathy, stares with fright, droops with sadness, pale with envy, fires with revenge, twinkle with myth, beams with love, frowns with wrath, and contracts with pain.”An eye can threaten like a loaded gun, insults like hissing, or it can make the heart dance with joy.” The eye combines the abilities of telescope and microscope. I: The Eye Has Great Influence. 1. There is the...
But Not Without God
Matthew 5:13-16, Mark 6:31, & Isaiah 40:28-31 I: Liberty Has Its Restrictions. 1. A vacation is liberty from the same old routine. 2. Definite Prohibitions: a. “Flee from idolatry.” verse 14. Placing anything before God. b. “I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.” No sacrifice to pagan gods. c. The buying of meat that was a sacrifice to heathen gods. d. All this that others might not stumble at our way of life. II: A Vacation That Will Glorify God. 1. Means to make spiritual preparations: a. A family prayer and discussion. b. Bibles and periodicals. c. Don’t use Sunday completely for travel. d. Have a daily time of prayer and bible reading. 2. Don’t rob god. Financial plans: a. A vacation with money for...
Salting Our Community
Matthew 5:13 Jesus looked upon the heart-sickening effect of sin upon the ancient world and realized that true Christianity would be like salt. I: Salt Keeps from Rotting. A Taste All It’s Own. 1. The sea of Galilee is 680 feet below the Mediterranean Sea. Temperature usually above 90 degrees. 2. Sweet things soon turn sour and fresh things soon become rancid. 3. These people could not live without salt. 4. Christians are salt to keep moral health, the natural enemies of moral disease. 5. There sin threatens decay the Christian salt should be there to stop it. Preserves, Flavors, and Heals. II: What Attitude Must We Take? 1. Rottenness in our own lives. 2. In literature. 3. Rottenness in attitudes of slothfulness. 4. Rottenness of grudge and hate. 5....
Consider the Steward
Leviticus 26, Deut. 8:1-20 I: “And You Shall Remember …” Verse 2. 1. Remember the bondage of Egypt. 2. Remember the whip of the taskmaster. 3. Remember the death of children by Pharaoh. 4. But remember how God defeated the Gods of Egypt. 5. Remember how He led you thru 40 yrs. 6. Remember you are now humble and tested. 7. Remember that man does not live by bread alone. 8. God supplied your every need. II: “Into A Good Land.” Verse 7. 1. A land of brooks, fountains, and springs. 2. A land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees & pomegranates, of olive trees and honey. 3. You will never hunger for bread. 4. There is iron and copper for your use. III: “Take Heed Lest You Forget.” Verse 11. 1. That the land belongs to God. 2....