There is a Lad Here

John 6:1-14,  Mark 6:31-43,  & Deuteronomy 6:4-7 What is a boy? New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston — Alan Beck. A boy is the only thing you can make a man out of. I: Only a Lad: 1. Jesus used him to work one of his greatest miracles. 2. Who can measure the possibilities bound up in a boy? 3. “Look at the baby boy in the Bulrushes of Egypt.” Exodus 2:2-7 4. “Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.” Samuel 1 3:10 5. “Only a boy with a sling shot, but the armies of Israel need him.” Samuel 1 17: 6. “It was just a boy that gave the warning that saved Paul’s life.” Acts 23:16-21 7. The Church in Scotland, n which Robert Moffat was saved, thought they had failed and was ready to ask their...

The Cup which My Father Gave Me

John 18:1-15,  Matthew 26: 36-46 I: The Prayer and Victory in the Garden: 1. He prayed alone. 2. He sought another way. 3. He bowed to the Father’s will. 4. He settled the cross and all its shame. 5. “Rise let us be going.” Matthew 26:46 II: What could Jesus have done? 1. He could have stayed in Galilee. 2. He could have had Peter stop Judas. 3. He could have gone some other place to pray. 4. He could have vanished in the darkness. 5. He could have brought death to all. 6. He could have called 12 legions of angels. III: But he drank the bitter drugs of the cup for you and me. Listen! 1. “I came to seek and save that which was lost.” “He knew all the cost of the search.” 2. “Behold the Lamb of God.” Stain from...

Voices of Calvary

John 19:17-22,  Luke 23: 1-46 I: If you could have been there and listened. 1. You could have heard voices of fear. 2. You could have heard the voice of betrayal. “I have sold innocent blood.” 3. The voice of one denial. 4. The voice of cursing. 5. The moan of suicide. 6. The silent sobbing of a repentant Peter. 7. The voices of doubt and confusion. II: Voices on the Day of Crucifixion: 1. The voice of Religion: a. “He said he was the Son of God.” b. “Away with him we have no king but Caesar.” c. “He saved others, himself he cannot save.” 2. The voice of Politics: a. Pilates wife: “Have nothing to do with that just man.” b. Pilate: “I find in him no fault, where did you come from? Behold the man....

He Loved Them to the End

John 13:1-17 I: What kind of men were they? 1. Chosen from the grass roots. 2. Trained under the master teacher. 3. Witnessed the miracles of Jesus. 4. Associated with the Prince of Peace. 5. Given a world-wide task. II: What made them hard to love? 1. Hot-headed, prejudiced, and self-centered. 2. He knew they would forsake him in his greatest hour of need. 3. They were fussing about their position in the future kingdom. 4. One would curse and deny him. 5. One would sell him for 30 pieces of silver. 6. All were determined not to be a servant. III: What compelling force moved Jesus? 1. “For God so loved.” 2. With the burdens of a lost world on him, his love for the disciples endured. 3. Knowing the worst about them he loved them. 4. The job they were...

The Call of A Suffering World

Luke 10:25-37 “Crown Him Lord of service.” Christianity is new life from God and it is this new life that goes out to the broken and suffering world. In this story we see the outreach of a saved man’s soul. Here is the way to test our Missionary convictions and call. We have a two fold call. I: The call to see, to understand the condition of a needy, broken, and suffering world. 1. Here a man lies broken, bleeding, and dying. 2. His real condition is… a. A victim of greed and gain. Serves a wake of misery. Here we see the three master passions of mankind. i. An unholy greed for gain: bandit. ii. Cold-blooded desire to satisfy one’s own comfort a Samaritan. a pleasure. Priest and Levite iii. A God-like desire to help others in need...