Idle Living
Jesus was much concerned about idle words, idle fruit bearers and idle faith. It was the fruitless tree he cursed; it was the grapeless vine that was burned, and the saltless salt that was thrown away to be tramped by men. (Idle mind, the Devil’s work-shop). Inactive Christianity is the curse of America today. Matt. 12:36, Peter 2 1:1-9 I: Idle Words. 1. Idle is a combination of a negative prefix and the noun “work.” It means free from work, not working, inactive. An idle word is a weed in the garden of speech. 2. The danger of idle words to self. a. A busy tongue must find something to say. “In the multitude of words, there wanteth not a sin.” Prov. 10:19 “A fools voice is known by multitude of words.” Eccl. 5:3...
I Have Enough
Gen. 33:1-17, Tim. 1 6:6-12, Phil. 4:11-12, Prov. 30:8 I: Men of the Old Testament. 1. Abraham satisfied with the hills. 2. Lot desired the more fertile valleys, but was never happy. 3. Esau was content with only earthly things. 4. Jacob was satisfied with what God had given him and is only after he ceased from his own scheming and planning. II: Men of the New Testament. 1. Jesus taught contentment. Matt. 6:25-34 2. Paul learned contentment. Phil. 4:11-12 3. Paul taught contentment. Tim. 1 6:6-10 III: The Danger of Discontentment. 1. The danger of temptation and snares. 2. Foolish and hurtful lust. 3. The danger of being pierces with many sorrows. How strange to hear one say: “I have enough.” “I am content and happy.” There seems...
Hell’s Population
Will a loving God send people to Hell? Man is an external being, an external criminal must be placed in an external prison. Psalm 9:17, Gal. 5:19-21, Rev. 22:15, Rev. 21:8 I: Men Earn Their Own Hell. If God Will Permit Sin to: 1. Cripple, mime, blind and disease people. 2. Fill our jails and electric chair and noose. 3. Break up homes and leave children with broken hearts and lives. 4. Sin causes nations to rise against nation in War. 5. If man chooses to walk in sin he must spend eternity in God’s prison. II: Men without Honor, Woman without Virtue: 1. In hell, there will be no restraining influence, no Christians, and no Wholesome atmosphere. 2. The honest man will dwell with the thief. 3. The man of religion with the infidel. 4. The...
Hell
Hell is not a fairy tail. Mark 9:43-48, Rev. 14:10-11, Rev. 21:8 I: Jesus Taught the Reality Of Hell. 1. He taught that hell was so real that: a. It was better cut off your hand than let it send you to hell. b. It is better to cut off your foot than let it send your body to hell. c. It is better to pull out your eye than let it send your soul to hell. 2. Hell was so real to Jesus that he: a. Left the splendors of Heaven and was born in a manger to keep men from hell. b. He suffered the temptations of man and tasted of their sorrow to keep them from. c. He gave his body; was broken and his heart crushed with sin to keep from hell. II: What Kind of Place is Hell? 1. It is a place prepared for the devil and his angels. Matt. 25:41 2. It is a place of everlasting...
Rev. George E. Findley
The following are sermon notes from over 1,000 lessons prepared by George E. Findley during his 30 years behind the pulpit of small Southern Baptist churches throughout California and Arkansas from the 1940’s until his passing in 1975. He was rarely paid more than $100 a week while raising a family of six with four children. Uncompromising in his delivery of the word of God, his vision and calling are apparent in the sermon outlines he left as his legacy.