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....
The Child Grew & Waxed Strong
Luke 1:80, 2:40 What would we know of the Christmas story if the child had never grown into manhood and died on the Cross? It is also said of John that he grew and waxed strong in the Spirit and the Grace of God was upon him. Luke 1:80 I: There is no room for arrested growth if the grace of God is to be upon us. 1. The baby must advance beyond the bassinette beyond the baby bed and venture beyond the 4 walls of home. 2. He must learn more than cooing and crying. 3. His continued growth will lesson the burden of those that care for him. 4. If he remains on baby food, talks baby talk, and depends upon others, he becomes a dwarf. We all love new-born babies, but our heart would be broken if told they would never grow. II: “The child grew and waxed...
The Sign of the Potters House
Jeremiah 18:1-12, Timothy 2 2:15-24 I: “He wrought a work on the wheels.” 1. The clay 1st was taken from the pit. 2. Then cleaned of impurities. 3. Placed on the wheel. 4. Molded by the Potters hand. II: The Vessel was marred. 1. Some impurity caused a mar. 2. It wasn’t appliable. 3. It was unfit for service. “I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” Cor. 1 9:27. III: He made it again. 1. He crushed and reworked the clay. “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children. My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth...
The Rose of Sharon
Genesis 1:11-13 God has a wealth of blessings stored in the grass, herb, and fruit tree. I: Grass, (5,000 species): 1. What would our world be without grass? 2. Grass has blessed man wherever he lives. 3. Grass clothes the Earth with coats of green, blue, brown, etc. 4. It feeds the wild and tame beast alike. 5. The grass of by-gone years bless thru coal, etc. 6. “You never miss the water till the well goes dry.” (Texans). II: Herb. 1. His word was made popular by the old-fashioned Medicine show. 2. It gives us food for our bodies. 3. From it comes medicine. 4. It holds healing in its leaves or roots. III: Fruit Trees: 1. What would man do without them? 2. Apples, peaches, plums, pears, apricots, etc. 3. Wherever man goes and settles there is some...