I would Make Him Lord of My Life
James 4:13-17, John 12:23-36 No man can truthfully say my life is my own, nor this year is mine to do as I please. I: Man Belongs to God. 1. God made man. 2. God redeemed man from the fall. 3. God sustains our lives, (Every breath, every drop of blood). 4. God made man for eternity but man binds himself to time. II: We are not Free to do as we please. 1. Others are involved and effected. 2. We are but tenants in God’s building. 3. Jesus called the man a Fool that planned bigger barns but made no room for God. III: Our Lives are Molded by what or whom we belong to. 1. The thing that makes men great is the worthy causes that possess them. 2. Too often, what we claim to own, owns us. 3. Some people act as tho they own God and can use him at their will. IV:...
God Introduces A Man
God Introduces A Man Kings 1 17:1 I: Elijah the Tish-bite: 1. Simple introduction to a great man. 2. His greatness doesn’t depend on dress parade. 3. He was simply placed on the stage of action. 4. “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground…” a. “Lamech lived and begat a son and he called his name Noah.” (120 yrs.) b. “The Lord God said unto Abram…” 5. Not many words to introduce, but chapters to tell what he does. Genesis contains 50 Chapters, covers 23 Centuries, and yet 1/3 to Abraham, 1/5 to Joseph. More about Daniel than creation. A whole book about Job…! More about a blind beggar than all the gold mines. II: God’s Man for the Hour: 1. The Tishbite were from and who was he. 2. A name...
For Your Sakes He became Poor.
Corinthians 2 8:1-15, Isaiah 9:6 I: Gifts of Men: 1. Some will be small and inexpensive. 2. Some will cost a small fortune. 3. Some will be bought on time or with the last dollar. II: “He was rich.” 1. “The cattle on a thousand hills.” Psalms 50:1. 2. “The Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalms 24:1. 3. He controlled the Universe and it was His by creation. 4. Angels worshipped Him. 5. He was clothed with the glory of God. III: He became Poor. The Price he Paid! 1. By choice with full understanding. 2. Born of the poorest. 3. Never owned a place to lay his head. 4. The curse of suspicion of men. The glory of angels. 5. A crown of glory for a crown of thorns. 6. A throne of...
Christian Service
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Timothy 2 2:15 (My Translation) “Be diligent to present thyself to God as approved, a workman unshamed, rightly interpreting the word of the truth.” I: Word Studies: 1. Study: Usually thought of an intellectual pursuit of knowledge — Word has here an almost forgotten meaning — “to pay attention to; give care and thought to.” Greek Word means to be diligent or zealous –Form of inperative here (aor) indicates that this action which should be undertaken at once– “Get on the ball.” 2. To Show: Really has the idea of presenting, something to another. In Romans 6, we are to...
By Their Fruit
Galatians 5:16-26 I: Every tree is known by its fruit. 1. Everything brought forth after its kind. 2. “No spring can produce salt water and fresh.” 3. The best test we can give to prove ones relation to Christ is the fruit test. 4. Paul gave us a guide to measure by, (Busby’s inspection guide). II: The Fruit from the Tree of Sin: 1. Regardless of the soil or care. 2. Secual immorality outside the marriage vows and unfaithful to the marriage vow. 3. Sensuality: leud, unchaste, uncontrolled appetites. 4. Worship of false gods; anything we allow to come between us and service to God. 5. Witchcraft: Practice of magic. 6. Hatred: quarreling, jealousy, factions, party spirit. 7. Anything in our lives that contributes to this fruit is sin. III: The...