This is Eternal Life
John 17:1-21 I: “Father the Hour is come.” vs. 1 1. The hour of the completion of His work on Earth. 2. “I have finished my course.” Paul 3. The hour to go to the Cross. 4. The hour to leave the Disciples. 5. The hour to launch to Church on it World-wide task. “Glorify, Honor, Distinction, Justify, Splendor, Radiant, and Beauty!!” II: “This is Eternal Life.” vs. 3 1. Power over all flesh. 2. Give eternal life. 3. This is eternal life. “That they might know thee, and Jesus Christ.” “No man cometh to the Father, but me.” 4. Out of this eternal life comes some results. III: When Eternal Life is Ours. 1. “I pray for them.” vs. 9 Here is a promise from one that knows his prayers are...
The Talk of the Town
John 7:1-13, Matthew 10:32-38 Jesus still is one of the liveliest subject discusses by man! More has been said about him in the past 2,000 yrs. than any other person that has lived on this Earth. Men are still busy trying to degrade Him or even declare Him dead. Why do others rest in peace in graves long forgotten? I: The Feast of Tabernacles – Recall the Past Poverty and Bondage. 1. In memory of a time when all they had was God. 2. When they were delivered from a life of bondage. 3. The time when they had no fixed place to live. 4. In the midst of abundance they were to remember Gods goodness. 5. For one week they all lived in booths. 6. All wealth and distinction of rank were laid aside for one week. II: The Talk of the Town: Jesus the Divider. 1....
The Christian Conscience
Acts 23:1-5, Rom. 7:7, and 10:1-3 Paul was arrested by Romans at the Temple and had to state his birth to avoid severe punishment. I: Paul before the Supreme Court: 1. “I have lived in all good conscience.” 2. The high Priests brutality. 3. Paul’s reply. 4. The Court divided. II: The Conscience Not Enough: 1. Paul’s Jewish Conscience let him persecute the Church. 2. “My conscience is clear.” b. “My conscience is as good as new.” c. “Let you conscience be your guide.” 3. “The approval or disapproval of other people is merely the stuff out of which conscience is made.” Hudson 4. Like Boston Christians when they handed the Quakers. 10/27/1659: Like Tobacco and Whiskey among Baptists 100 yrs....
“My Fathers Business”
Acts 1:1-2, John 14:8-21, and 20:19-23 “The Ancients frequently marked the graves of their dead with the symbol of a broken pillar.” They expressed their sense of the incompleteness of this life. Such a symbol would not apply to the life and death of Jesus. “It is finished.” When a Biography ends at a tomb, we may write finished and erect our broken Pillar, but when it ends with “He was received up into Heaven and sat on the right hand of God.” We are reading just the 1st chapter! Mr. Winston Churchill speaking in the British House of Commons on the North African victory said, “This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. It may be the end of the beginning.” I: The Cross and Resurrection Were but...
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
John 16:5-15, Acts 1:4-8, and 2: I: The Promise of the Holy Spirit. 1. “Through O.T. Types: The Church filling the Tabernacle.” Exodus 40:34-38 “The cloud filling the Temple of Solomon.” Kings 8:10-11 2. New Testament promises: “He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.” Matthew 3:11-12, John 14:, 16:, 1:33, and Acts 1:8. 3. Pentecost was when God came to dwell in the Church Temple. II: The Coming of the Holy Spirit. 1. At Pentecost: Acts 8, Samaritans: Acts 9, Paul Acts 10. Romans at Caesarea: Acts 19, Ephesus. 2. To empower, to approve, to enlighten. 3. He gave power to witness and to preach. 4. He gave conviction to a lost world. III: The Continual Work of the Holy Spirit. 1. The Christian commanded to be...