God’s Hurry
Peter 2 3:, Corinthians 2 6:2, and Luke 15:20 One day could seem like a thousand years. A night by a loved ones dying bed, when great disaster strikes, like the storming of the enemy Beach, like an atom bomb destroying great cities. Like God watching 5,000 people die every hour, 3,000+ stand before God with no help. I: Gods Hurry Revealed in Scripture: 1. Mary at the empty tomb. “Go quickly.” Matthew 28:7. 2. Peter when the angel released him from prison. “Arrise up quickly.” Acts 3. A sense of urgency drove the disciples. 4. Paul urged Timothy to be in a hurry to preach in season and out of season. II: Sometimes we want God to hurry. 1. When trouble has come to our home. 2. Wen we are threatened with hunger or cold. 3. When sickness or...
God Remembered
Genesis 8:1-5, Luke 23:39-45 I: Gods memory is good. 1. He remembered Noah. 2. When Sodom was destroyed He remembered Abrahams prayers. 3. God remembered to punish the Amalkites. 4. God remembered the lone survivor of Jacksonboro – The accursed town that was – is dead. 5. God never forgets a promise. II: He remembered Noah’s Ark. 1. He shut him in from the flood. 2. He watched over the Ark. 3. He delievered him after the flood had passed. III: “Remember Me.” Peter 2 3:1-10. 1. The thief on the cross called on Jesus to remember him. 2. When this world is in chaos, I want to be remembered. 3. When the dead are raised I want to be remembered. 4. When God divides the goats from the sheep, the wheat from the tares, I want to be...
Hast thou Considered My Servant Job?
Job. 1:1-15 I: Job was a servant of God. 1. Perfect and upright, one that feared God and hated evil. 2. He was a family man and priest of his family. 3. He was a man of great wealth. II: Satan the accuser among the Sons of God. 1. One that came to bring a bad report. 2. He makes it his business to cast down the children of God. 3. He delights to bring a report on the backslider, a trouble maker, cold indifferent Christian. 4. He is not anxious to report on sinners sins but with joy he reports the Christians that dabbles with sin. 5. He will accuse the wayward 1st and then find fault with the Saints. III: Hast thou considered my servant Job? 1. His personal walk as a Christian. 2. His spiritual concern about his children. 3. His charity and thoughtfulness with the...
Friends
Job 2:11-13 A Good Friend (Heart Throbs 2 pg. 198). I: Friendship too often lightly used. 1. On slight acquaintance we call them friends. 2. Though there is no strong tie that binds we call them friends. 3. Though we wouldn’t call them in our deep sorrow we call them friends. 4. Though we feel ill at ease and stand in fear of offending them we call them friends. II: Fair Weather Friends: 1. Some friends are obtained with money. 2. Some friends by popularity. 3. Some for political reasons. 4. When the pressure of sorrow comes, they fold their tents and steal away in the night. III: Real Friends: 1. There is a bond stronger than death. a. David and Jonathan. b. David and his warriors. 2. Before these we may feel at ease. 3. To a real friend we take our...
God Knows Your Secret
Psalm 139:1-24 A secret is something that is not generally known. It is designed to escape observation. I: God knows the secrets of men. 1. Adam and Eve failed to cover their secret. 2. Cain tried to cover his sinful act. 3. The sons of Jacob thought their secret was safe. 4. Achan burried his secret in his tent. 5. David covered his by murder. 6. Ahabs secret found him on stolen property. 7. Jesus continually astonished men by reading their thoughts. II: God reveals the Secrets of man. “But there is a God in Heaven that revealeth Secrets.” Daniel 2:28. 1. Cains brothers blood called to God. 2. The sons of Jacob were afraid when their secret was known. 3. The King of Asyria found that Elisha knew everything he said in his bed chamber. 4. Daniel was...
Forgetting Those Things that are Behind
Philippians 3:1-14 There were many things in Pauls past that could have hindered his Christian walk. I: Some things Paul had to forget: 1. Confidence in the flesh. a. “Circumcised the 8th day,” not like a prosolite. b. “Of the stock of Israel, tribe of Benjamin.” c. “As touching the law, a Pharisee.” 2. “Concerning Zeal”: a. “Persecuting the Church.” Stoning of Stephen. b. “Righteousnes which is of the law, blameless, filthy rags.” c. “Those I counted loss for Christ.” II: “I have suffered the loss of all things.” 1. He was not complaining, only rejoicing. 2. His own righteousness was not enough. 3. Family ties were broken. 4. Old friends became new enemies. He gave...