Wedding Garment or Filthy Rags
Matthew 22:11-14 Clothes may not make the man, but there is one garment that means the difference in where we spend eternity. I: The World is very conscious of clothing. 1. Paris strives to set the pattern. 2. Hollywood influences the World. 3. Advertisement influences the clothes our children wear. 4. The place we go quite often dictates the type of clothes: Formal, social, tennis, beach, mountains or church! 5. Our standing in life influences the clothes we wear; Farmer, business, playboy, musician, or preacher. 6. Our financial standing. II: Jesus told of a man that attended a wedding not properly clothed. 1. Many were invited that refused. a. Some made light of the invitation and went to their farms and stores. b. Some killed his servants. c. The many came...
What Do You Count Gain
Phillip 3:7, Timothy 1 6:1-12 I: What does the World count gain? 1. The World counts Him successful that excells in knowledge, popularity, power, wealth, etc. 2. Paul said these were thrown on the trash heap that he might know Jesus. 3. The World counts gain for Godliness and will sacrifice Godliness for gain. II: Godliness with Contentment: 1. Godliness means separation from sin, consecration to God, and dedivcation to do His will. 2. Contentment: a. Content with what God gives. b. Peace with God. c. Peace with self. d. As far as possible, living at peace with men. e. It means to cease from contention and useless strife. 3. Godliness with contentment is great gain. There is a peace of God that passes all...
Where is the Lamb
Genesis 22:1-14 I: God Tested Abraham: 1. God’s children are tested by trials and temptations. 2. Satan attacks from every point. 3. But when God himself tests us it’s to bring out the best in us and glorify His name. 4. Abraham had come to the greatest testing of his life. II: God laid His had on Abraham’s most precious possession. 1. “Here am I.” Abraham wasn’t out of place. 2. “Take your son.” The gift God had given him. 3. “Go to the land of Moriah and offer him as a burn offering.” III: “Where is the lamb, God will provide?” 1. “I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again to you.” Hebrews 11:19. 2. Abraham was called on to give more than lip service. James 2:21....
Where is the Guest Chamber
Hebrews 13:2, Mark 14:12-17 Many a home has entertained angels unaware. I: Hospitality in the Old Testament: 1. Abraham made his tent a place of hospitality. 2. The widow of Zarephath shared a handful of meal and a little oil. 3. The Shunanmite woman said: “Let us make a little chamber.” II: Many homes were opened to Jesus. 1. He had no home to call his own. 2. He was invited to the wedding at Cana. 3. He was visiting in Peter’s home when he healed his mother-in-law. 4. Zacchaeus entertained the Master. 5. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus made their home a place for Jesus to come. III: Where is the Guest Chamber? 1. Paul Brutien – 98 Churches, only 4 homes invited him as guest. 2. Rev. Jackson of Brazil, 2 California homes. 3. 25,000 Chinese...
What Went Ye out For to See
Matthew 11:1-14 Context: John sent from prison to ask Jesus a question that had began to bear upon him. I: The man called John Baptist. 1. He was a cousin to Jesus. 2. He was a child of Promise. 3. He was possessed by the one idea of preparing the way for the Lord. 4. His appearance was rugged, his speach was plain, and his heart was on fire. II: What was there to cause the people to go out into the Wilderness to hear him? 1. There was a General looking for the appearance of a Prophet. 2. His message was heart searching. 3. He was a country Preacher. III: John was stable in an unstable Generation. 1. He wasn’t a reed shaken by every wind. 2. He wasn’t like Reuben. 3. He wasn’t “tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of...