Man Immortal: His Mind and Conscience
Matt. 10:28, Acts 24:14-16, Titus 1:15 I: Immortality the Heritage of the Human Race: Acts 17:26 1. Ciciro: “If at death I am to be annihilated, as some philosophers suppose, I am not afraid lest those wise men, when extinct too, should laugh at my error.” 2. The ancient Scandinavians: the future life and continual banquet, drinking from the skull of their enemies. 3. The American Indian and the happy go hunting ground where game would be plentiful and no pale face to disturb. 4. The minds of all ages have enlarged and thought upon the future state of the dead. II: Immortality and the Conscience. 1. “Conscience is that moral faculty which gives us an instinctive conviction of obligation and duty, and also an instinctive apprehension of a future...
Making Life’s Choices
Gen. 13:1-13 I: The Apartment Simplicity of Lot’s Choice. 1. Almost 4,000 years ago. 2. The younger man given the choice. 3. Lot failed to weigh many things that his choice would include: a. His occupation would change. b. His choice would affect his children. c. His wife would become involved. d. He would lose control of the spiritual leadership. e. He would become a joke to his family. 4. All Lot could see was well watered plains, and a city market. 5. He lost his children to the ways of Sodom. 6. He became accustomed to being drunk. 7. He died a lonely deserted man; Was it worth the choice he made? II: Abraham Also Made A Choice. 1. He was willing to settle for less and live at peace with his people. 2. He was willing to live in the Hill country, and...
Majoring On Minors
The world seems to be satisfied to major on the minors of life. Matt. 6:19-34 I. What Is Your Major? 1. This question must be answered in early life for we must prepare for the majors. 2. Failure to choose a major means years of wondering aimlessly. 3. The student that picks his major early shapes all his study toward that major. 4. It is a tragedy to wake up the closing semester and find you have majored in the wrong subject. 5. Many a young life has been blighted because older people choose their major. II. If Is Vastly Important To Choose the Great Majors of Life. 1. Some choose fame and wealth as the major of life. 2. Some choose a business as their life’s major. 3. Some choose pleasure and ease as life’s major. 4. But many will be sad in the...
God Has A Plan for Your Life
John 8:66-68 Joshua 24:1-15 Like the Master Potter that Jeremiah watched, God has a plan for our lives. God has an individual plan for every individual life. I. God’s plan demonstrated in Old Testament. 1. Abraham in his darkest hours believed God 2. Jacob even in his self centered beginning. 3. Joseph while a slave sold by his own brothers. 4. Moses in the house of Pharaoh. 5. Job’s darkest hours never kept him from becoming what God wanted him to be. II. The Freedom of will is seen in the Power of Choice. 1. The freedom of choice is beautiful and dangerous. 2. But man is compelled to make a choice. 3. Some plan of life is ruling us. 4. It may be a plan to live aimlessly. 5. Joshua called for decisions based on facts. 6. Jesus left no room for...
From Parson to Person. A minister writes his people:
Dear Friend: Our church Membership 1400 Nonresident Membership 75 Balance left to do the work 1325 Elderly folks who have done their share in the past 25 Balance left to do the work 1300 Sick and shut-in folks 25 Balance left to do the work 1275 Members who do not pledge 350 Balance left to do the work 925 Christmas & Easter Members 300 Balance left to do the work 625 Members who are too tired or overworked 300 Balance left to do the work 325 Alibiers 200 Balance left to do the work 125 Members who are too busy somewhere else 123 Balance left to do the work 2 “Just you and me – and, brother, you’d better get busy, for it’s too much for...