Monthly Archives: June 2012
“KIDS DO WHAT YOU DO”
“KIDS DO WHAT YOU DO”
Let me say that with more words:
The next generation does what this generation does.
And what about this generation? This generation is a corrupt generation. This generation is a crooked generation. This generation is a depraved generation. I don’t need to tell you that, because you watch TV, you listen to the radio, you read the paper.
In Acts chapter two in the BIBLE Peter addresses the crowd and he is warning them and pleading with them and is saying that they should save themselves from this corrupt generation. Have you saved yourself from this corrupt generation?
In the same book Peter says, “‘Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.'” (Acts 4:12)
In the gospel of John in chapter three the Lord Jesus Christ is teaching Nicodemus and these are the words of our Lord to Nicodemus, who is a member of the Jewish ruling council, “‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.'” (John 3:3)
In his letter to the saints at Philippi the apostle Paul says that the saints there shine like stars in the universe in a crooked and depraved generation. Are you shining like a star in this crooked and depraved generation?
How can we shine like stars in this crooked and depraved generation?
1. We shine like stars by declaring to our kids the power of God. (Psalm 71:18)
2. We shine like stars by telling our children about the might of God. (Psalm 71:18)
3. We are shining like stars by telling the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD. (Psalm 78:4)
4. We are shining like stars by telling the next generation about the works of the LORD. (Psalm 145:4)
5. We are shining like stars by speaking to our kids about the mighty acts of the LORD. (Psalm 145:4)
THE RIGHTEOUS MAN
“The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and
his tongue speaks what is just.
The law of his God is in his heart;
his feet do not slip.” – Psalm 37:30,31
Golden Nugget
“If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.” – Psalm 37:23, 24
“Who do you TRUST?”
“WHO DO YOU TRUST?”
That’s what it says in big letters on an old Reader’s Digest. And underneath in smaller print I read “New Zealand’s most trusted people 2007.” (Reader’s Digest, June 2007)
I like that question and I will answer it:
I belong to those people, who are trusting the Lord Jesus Christ! David, the David in the BIBLE, also trusted the Lord. In Psalm 55:23 he says: “BUT AS FOR ME, I TRUST THE LORD.”
WHY DO I TRUST THE LORD?
Here is my answer:
“This is what the LORD says:
‘Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength and
whose heart turns away from the LORD.” – Jeremiah 17:5
( It is also a SERMON OUTLINE! )
