Fishers of Men
Jesus was the master fisherman of all times, both for fish and for men. What do you consider your greatest fishing trip? Matt. 4:18-22, Luke 5:1-11 I: Fishing Seems to Attract All Kinds of Men. 1. When the Spring thaws come America’s fishing fever rises. 2. Fishermen of California set quite a record. 1955- Sportsmen of Calif. spent $487,000,000. Fishermen alone averaged $24.77 a day for fresh water fish, and $16.51 for salt fish. 31 million men days are provided for fishing and hunting. Fresh water fishermen averaged 15 days per license. $21,089.00 per person spent on fishing. $228,884,935.00 spent for fresh water fish. $ 94,227,033.00 spent for salt water fish. A total of $322,111,968.00 Fishing Equipment $29.10 Transportation $76.19 Food and Drink $66.64...
Eyes
Matt. 6:22-23, Matt. 7:3-5, Prov. 23:6 I: The Marvels of the Eye. 1. It is mentioned 534 times in the bible. 2. The eye has a language of its own. “It flashes with indignation, kindles with enthusiasm, expands with devotion, melts with sympathy, stares with fright, droops with sadness, pales with hate, fires with revenge, twinkles with miry, beams with love, and contract with pain.” 3. It’s greater than any man-made precision instrument. II: Eyes that See Not. 1. Spoken of idols and spiritually dead eyes. 2. Blind to spiritual values. 3. Blind to responsibilities. 4. Blind to opportunities. 5. Blind to the harvest that is ripe. 6. Blind to the will of God. III: “The Eyes of a Fool Are in the Ends of the Earth.” Prov. 17:24 1. Grass...
“Coffin In Egypt”
The Book that says: “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul” closes with these words “A coffin in Egypt.” Gen. 50:22-26, Exodus 13:19, Joshua 24:32, Heb. 11:22 I: Faith in God Makes Life Worth Living. 1. Without faith it is impossible to please God. 2. Faith moves one to live adventurous for God. 3. Faith smiles in the face of adversity. 4. Faith moved Joseph from slavery through prison to the throne. 5. Faith allowed him to look into the future without fear. II: Faith Worth Living By Will Do to Die By. 1. Faith looks at death and say, “Carry up my bones from hence.” 2. The children of Israel had no thought of leaving Canaan when Joseph...
Christ’s Compassion
Compassion bowels of mercy. To the Greek Poets, the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions such as love and anger, but to the Hebrews it means the seat of tender affections and kindness. In a manuscript of 5 B.C it meant “for pity’s sake.” In our modern day, it means the heart or seat of emotions or compassion. Being able to put yourself in the place of another. Mark 6:34 I: Paul and the Church of Cornith. Cornith 2 6:12 1. They had found room in Paul’s heart. 2. They had made no room for Paul. 3. The church suffered because their hearts were not enlarged. II: Jesus saw the Multitude: 1. Jesus looked upon them with eyes of compassion. 2. The natural eye saw a hungry multitude and an empty purse. 3. Jesus saw the...
Christ Loved the Church
“Jesus loves you. Jesus loves the church.” Eph. 5:25-33 Conversion is just the beginning of the Christian life. The journey to our eternal home in Heaven begins here. The new birth places our feet on the royal road to Heaven, our name on the lambs book of life. God has two great institutions, Home and Church. I: Just the Beginning. 1. The possibility of becoming like Jesus. 2. Aims in life as different, different hopes, different destiny. 3. The desires of life are so changed that we must seek new ways to live by. Worked out thru our daily living. 4. This radical changed demands a new plan for life. 5. God’s plan was and still is the local visible body of believers called the church. II: The Church Is God’s Family to Help Us Travel the...