He was Moved with Compassion
Matthew 9: I: A compassionate heart sent him to: 1. A manger as a baby. 2. To a life of sorrow and loneliness. 3. To a cross on Calvary and a grave that was not his. II: He was moved by people. 1. The multitudes tugged at his heart. 2. When they were hungry. 3. When they were misled by sin. 4. When they were burdened by the sorrows of life. 5. He had compassion on them while he was nailed to the cross of shame. III: He had compassion on individuals: 1. A widdow weaping over her sons dead body. 2. Martha and Mary weeping over a dead brother. 3. The impatient man by the pool. 4. The blind man that begged. 5. Wherever he met sickness and sorrow, he was moved to action. IV: He had compassion on the Individual that sin had bound. 1. The man that met him filled with...
Grace Abounding
The Christian life is a life of giving or it becomes a miserable life. Jesus came from Heavens splendor to Earth’s poverty as a gift to a lost and dying world. Jesus came not to be ministered to, but to minister. The root word from which we get Deacon and Pator means to serve. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” I: To live or not to live a life of Grace. 1. Grace appears in chpt. 8 seven times. a. Early meaning: Beauty, order, health, love, contrasted with ugliness, chaos, and sickness. b. Later meaning: To impart these to others. 2. Grace will abound in giving freely. 3. He that soweth sparingly reaps sparingly. 4. He that looseth his life shall find it. II: The Church of Macedonia. 1. Moved by the grace of God. 2. “Gave...
God Put A Rainbow in the Sky
Genesis 9:8-17, Revelation 10:1-2 I: When God made the rainbow. 1. Judgment had been executed upon the whole world. 2. Destruction and waste caught the eye at every turn. 3. Gods wrath had burned brightly. 4. The rainbow appeared for the 1st time. II: The Rainbow was a sign for both God and Man to see. 1. It reminds God of his covenant with man. 2. It reminds man of the promise of God. 3. It reminds God of the frailness of man. 4. It reminds man of the goodness of God. 5. Man has marveled at the rainbow and forgotten that God made it as a sign of His judgment and goodness. III: The Rainbow is a reminder. Peter 2 3:3-4 1. It reminds man that God destroyed the old world by water. 2. It calls to mind that God will destroy the present one by fire. 3. God never...
God’s Hurry
Peter 2 3:, Corinthians 2 6:2, and Luke 15:20 One day could seem like a thousand years. A night by a loved ones dying bed, when great disaster strikes, like the storming of the enemy Beach, like an atom bomb destroying great cities. Like God watching 5,000 people die every hour, 3,000+ stand before God with no help. I: Gods Hurry Revealed in Scripture: 1. Mary at the empty tomb. “Go quickly.” Matthew 28:7. 2. Peter when the angel released him from prison. “Arrise up quickly.” Acts 3. A sense of urgency drove the disciples. 4. Paul urged Timothy to be in a hurry to preach in season and out of season. II: Sometimes we want God to hurry. 1. When trouble has come to our home. 2. Wen we are threatened with hunger or cold. 3. When sickness or...
God Remembered
Genesis 8:1-5, Luke 23:39-45 I: Gods memory is good. 1. He remembered Noah. 2. When Sodom was destroyed He remembered Abrahams prayers. 3. God remembered to punish the Amalkites. 4. God remembered the lone survivor of Jacksonboro – The accursed town that was – is dead. 5. God never forgets a promise. II: He remembered Noah’s Ark. 1. He shut him in from the flood. 2. He watched over the Ark. 3. He delievered him after the flood had passed. III: “Remember Me.” Peter 2 3:1-10. 1. The thief on the cross called on Jesus to remember him. 2. When this world is in chaos, I want to be remembered. 3. When the dead are raised I want to be remembered. 4. When God divides the goats from the sheep, the wheat from the tares, I want to be...