New Testament Worship Service
Psalms 42:1, Hebrews 10:24-25, & John 4:23-24 The Church has a social function, but it must not become a social club. The church is primarily a fellowship of baptized believers and the center of that fellowship, is Christ. When true worship goes, a Church becomes self-centered and unconcerened about the welfare of God’s house and God’s message. I: Man Must Worship. 1. There is a spiritual vacuum when we do not worship. 2. Adam and Eve were taught. 3. Cain refused God’s way. 4. Noah built an altar. 5. Abraham built an altar. 6. Moses was given instructions as to how to worship. II: The Nature of Worship: 1. Private and public. People that do not worship in private are not apt to worship in public. 2. Worship cannot replace work. One cannot...
A Glorious Church
Acts 2:1-6, Eph. 5:20-27 I: Glorious in its Beginning. 1. Built upon the solid rock Christ Jesus. 2. It began as a beacon light in a dark and confused world. 3. Christ chose the workers to launch the church on its early journey. 4. He paid the full price for the men and women that would make up the church. II: Glorious in the Power of Pentecost: 1. The masses of people were shaken from their sleep of death. 2. The sluggard was stirred and the careless took heed. 3. The crowds came to see the marvels of a church filled with power. 4. The church generated enough force to stop the drift of the passing multitude. A revival broke out when the church was filled with power. III: Glorious in Conquest: Like A Mighty Army Moves the Church of God. 1. They went everywhere...
The Churches Response To Change
1. Churches are central to God’s plan for redemption. God’s plan for the church has not changed, nor will it change. 2. Conditions under within the Church must work are changing. I: Certainty of Change: 1. Not everything changes. 2. Man’s nature never changes, except by the grace of God. 3. Man dies and that does not change. 4. Man must meet God and give an account of things done in the flesh. 5. Change alters the less important. Seldom does change alter the basic human needs. II: Church Changes In Structure: 1. The gospel message does not change, but our method of presentation must keep up with change. a. Here we are to often hampered with tradition. b. We have always done it this way. 2. A church must be true to its basic nature, but that...
Eternal Embezilment
His claim up on your life. Isaiah 14:12-16, 53:6 The child clutches the new toy and cries at the top of his lungs, “You can’t have it, it’s mine!” A grown-up says a little more calmly, “My life is my own and I live it to suit myself.” Like the rich fool, we can only see that which revolves around our little world. I: Sin Is A Refusal To Accept God’s Will. 1. One may be careful to give God the tithe and then dishonor God in the way the other nine out of ten are used. 2. One may play god by passing the churches total obligations with the tithe. 3. The sinner may refuse God’s way of life and built standards of his own. 4. “If I give and have not love.” 5. “What hast thou that didst not receive?”...
Weat And Tears In The Churches
Revelations 2:4, Matthew 13:24-30 The seven churches of Asia represents the churches of all the church age. As Christ judges these churches, they were a mixed society of good and evil. Six out of Seven he severely condemned, one out of seven he finds no fault, one he finds nothing right. Some churches had lost their first love, some were false in their professions. We find that among the finest of Christians, there are those who love and act like the world. I: The First Churches Had Real Opportunities. 1. The leaders had been with Jesus. 2. The mighty acts of the Son of God, was fresh in their minds. 3. He preached a first-hand experience. 4. These men were well prepared to get a church on the right road! 5. But even these churches were beset with problems of...
Standards of Good News
John 3:16, John 1 4:7-12 Books have known to start wars (Uncle Tom’s Cabin). A few written words may mean peace or trouble (Declaration of Independence). “Take a long look child.” I: “For God So Loved.” 1. “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” Jeremiah 31:3. 2. The love of man: a. Love those that love them. b. A love for country and liberty. c. Love for their loved ones (King of England). 3. The greatest lover: a. Everlasting love. b. Love stronger than death. c. Love that loves the unlovely. d. Love that triumphs in face of hatred. II: He Loved the Whole World! 1. Every man that hears the invitation welcome. 2. “Why will ye die?” 3. “No pleasure in the death of the wicked.” Ezekiel 18:32....