In the Cave of Horeb
Kings 1 19:9-18 I: “What doest thou here, Elijah?” vs. 9 1. He was hiding from Jezebel and himself. 2. He informed God of conditions. 3. “I, even I only, am left.” 4. “And they seek my life.” When courage is gone, we count numbers and justify our failures. On Mt. Carmel, he had a plan. On Mt. Horeb he had none. II: “Stand upon the Mount before the Lord.” 1. “Strong wind rent the mountain, but the Lord …” 2. “An earthquake,” but the Lord. 3. “A fire,” but God. 4. “A still small voice,” and God. 5. “He wrapped his face in his mantel.” III: New Start. 1. God gave him a new start. 2. Kings to be anointed. 3. Prophets to be anointed and trained. 4. 7,000...
No Room for Jesus
“The world that thought him out or a spear received him in a manger.” Luke 2:1-7 One of the things we all feel that we could and would have done that night long ago in Bethlehem is to have found room for the Christ child to be born. I: “No room in the Inn.” Roman Empire, Greeks wisdom. 1. Men and their families had traveled far & were too tired to care enough to make room for Jesus. 2. Those that had homes in Bethlehem had company and there was no room for Jesus. 3. They were more concerned about Taxes than they were about the Christ child. 4. There were guests that were more important than the expectant mother of Jesus. 5. Besides a party was planned and the birth of a baby would intefere. 6. While healthy men and women slept in warm...
I would Make Him Lord of My Life
James 4:13-17, John 12:23-36 No man can truthfully say my life is my own, nor this year is mine to do as I please. I: Man Belongs to God. 1. God made man. 2. God redeemed man from the fall. 3. God sustains our lives, (Every breath, every drop of blood). 4. God made man for eternity but man binds himself to time. II: We are not Free to do as we please. 1. Others are involved and effected. 2. We are but tenants in God’s building. 3. Jesus called the man a Fool that planned bigger barns but made no room for God. III: Our Lives are Molded by what or whom we belong to. 1. The thing that makes men great is the worthy causes that possess them. 2. Too often, what we claim to own, owns us. 3. Some people act as tho they own God and can use him at their will. IV:...
God Introduces A Man
God Introduces A Man Kings 1 17:1 I: Elijah the Tish-bite: 1. Simple introduction to a great man. 2. His greatness doesn’t depend on dress parade. 3. He was simply placed on the stage of action. 4. “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground…” a. “Lamech lived and begat a son and he called his name Noah.” (120 yrs.) b. “The Lord God said unto Abram…” 5. Not many words to introduce, but chapters to tell what he does. Genesis contains 50 Chapters, covers 23 Centuries, and yet 1/3 to Abraham, 1/5 to Joseph. More about Daniel than creation. A whole book about Job…! More about a blind beggar than all the gold mines. II: God’s Man for the Hour: 1. The Tishbite were from and who was he. 2. A name...
For Your Sakes He became Poor.
Corinthians 2 8:1-15, Isaiah 9:6 I: Gifts of Men: 1. Some will be small and inexpensive. 2. Some will cost a small fortune. 3. Some will be bought on time or with the last dollar. II: “He was rich.” 1. “The cattle on a thousand hills.” Psalms 50:1. 2. “The Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalms 24:1. 3. He controlled the Universe and it was His by creation. 4. Angels worshipped Him. 5. He was clothed with the glory of God. III: He became Poor. The Price he Paid! 1. By choice with full understanding. 2. Born of the poorest. 3. Never owned a place to lay his head. 4. The curse of suspicion of men. The glory of angels. 5. A crown of glory for a crown of thorns. 6. A throne of...
Christian Service
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Timothy 2 2:15 (My Translation) “Be diligent to present thyself to God as approved, a workman unshamed, rightly interpreting the word of the truth.” I: Word Studies: 1. Study: Usually thought of an intellectual pursuit of knowledge — Word has here an almost forgotten meaning — “to pay attention to; give care and thought to.” Greek Word means to be diligent or zealous –Form of inperative here (aor) indicates that this action which should be undertaken at once– “Get on the ball.” 2. To Show: Really has the idea of presenting, something to another. In Romans 6, we are to...