Sons of God
Cor. 2 6:1-18 Have we fully realized since we believed that we are the Sons of God? This fact was a sustaining force in the early church and during the dark ages. Paul points out some ways for the Christians of Corinth to let the world know their stand before God. I: By Consistency (thou art a Jewel) Reuben. 1. Under physical pressures: Afflictions, stripes, necessities, imprisonments, distresses, and laborers. 2. Under spiritual pressures: Fastings, pureness, knowledge, kindness, Holy Ghost, and truth. II: By Convictions: 1. The unequal yoke — business — marriage, etc. 2. That you cannot mix righteousness and unrighteousness. 3. Light and darkness. 4. Christ and Belial. 5. The believer and the infidel. 6. Temple and idols (the believer & idols)....
Religion Won’t Save.
Matt. 7:15-23, Gal. 5:17-23 Men from Cains day have been religious. I: Reformed, not reborn.1. Cleaning the outside of the cup. 2. Judas worked miracles in Jesus name. 3. The Pharisees had a religion. 4. What world has a religion? 5. Saul of Tarsus had a religion. II: Scripture tells of false beliefs. 1. The parable of the sower. Matt. 13. 2. The wedding feast. Matt. 22.3. The ten virgins. Matt. 25. 4. A net filled with good & bad fish. Matt. 13. 5. The wheat and tares. Matt. 13. 6. The Pharisee that prayed, fasted, attended church, tithed, & lived a good moral life, but he was lost. Luke 18:91. 7. The bed is too short, the cover is too narrow. Isaiah 28:20. Will your religion do to die...