First Corinthians 3:16,17
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple.”
Daily Archives: September 17, 2009
FAITH: Men’s Wisdom and God’s Power
IS YOUR FAITH RESTING ON MEN’S WISDOM OR GOD’S POWER?
A Brother in Christ told me this Story:
A brother in Christ told me this story: (it was in Mangonui)
The man had it in his heart to commit suicide. But there was still a little glimmer of light left in his life when he entered a church and hoped for help. – Nobody noticed him and bothered with him.
All the lights went out when he left the church. Later on he ran into a fisher of men (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17), a real soulwinner, and did not only find the Lord, but became an evangelist himself.
SERMON OUTLINE (N.T.)
“For I resolved to know
nothing
while I was
with you except
Jesus Christ
and him crucified.”
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HOW DO WE COME?
First Corinthians 2:1-5
Intr.:
I did not come….
I came…….
When I came to you, brothers,
A. I DID NOT COME WITH…
1. eloquence or
2. superior wisdom
AS I PROCLAIMED TO YOUR THE TESTIMONY ABOUT GOD.
(nothing except Jesus Christ and him crucified)
B. I CAME TO YOU IN…..
1. weakness and
2. fear, and
3. with much trembling.
MY MESSAGE AND MY PREACHING WERE
not with wise and persuasive words
but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
End:
so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom,
but on God’s power.
Is your faith resting on men’s wisdom or God’s power?
UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT TIME Sermon Outline N.T.
“For I resolved to know
nothing while I was
with you
except Jesus Christ
and him crucified.”
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UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT TIME
Romans 13:11-14
Intr.:
The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber,…
The night is nearly over;…
The day is almost here.
So let us:
positive
1. put aside the deeds of darkness and
2. put on the armour of light.
3. behave decently, as in the daytime,
negative
4. not in orgies and
5. drunkenness,
6. not in sexual immorality and
7. debauchery,
8. not in dissension and
9. jealousy
Rather (let us)
positive
10. clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and
11. do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
End:
“Superior Sleep”
Romans 13:11
Ephesians 5:14
First Thessalonians 5:6
The Giveaway
I entered the Salvation Army Giveaway. All I needed to tell them was my favourite children song. I told them that my favourite children song is: “Jesus loves me this I know….”
I must be the winner, because today I received the prize: A CD with 22 songs called “A Concert for Little Ears.”
The included note said: Congratulations! – The War Cry team.
“Caring for people. Transforming lives. Reforming Society.”
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