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“WE WANT MEN WHO ARE SET ON SOUL-SAVING; WHO ARE NOT ASHAMED TO LET EVERY ONE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE  ONE AIM AND OBJECT OF THEIR LIFE AND THAT THEY MAKE EVERYTHING SECONDARY TO THIS.” – Catherine Booth

Sermon Outline – NT – NLT

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PAIHIA BAPTIST CHURCH: The Cross can be seen from the wharf.

PURPOSE

John 10:10

Introduction:

“The thief’s purpose …”

“My purpose …”

A.  “THE THIEF’S PURPOSE IS TO

  • STEAL AND
  • KILL AND
  • DESTROY.

B.  MY PURPOSE IS TO GIVE THEM A

  • RICH AND
  • SATISFYING

LIFE.”

End:

Sermon Outline – OT – NIV

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PAIHIA BAPTIST CHURCH: The Cross can be seen from the wharf.

“‘THE DAYS ARE COMING,’ DECLARES THE LORD,

Jeremiah 31:27,28

Introduction:

‘when I will plant the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals.

JUST AS I WATCHED OVER THEM

  • to uproot and
  • tear down, and
  • to overthrow,
  • destroy and
  • bring disaster,

SO I WILL WATCH OVER THEM

  • to build and
  • to plant,’

End:

declares the LORD.”

Sermon Outline – OT – NIV

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“This is

Jeremiah 31:35,36

Introduction:

what the LORD says,

he who appoints the sun to shine by day,

THE BIBLE: “For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.” – Psalm 84:11

who decrees the moon and the stars to shine by night,

A graze in moonlight on a hill in Kaitaia.

who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar –

Cape Reinga in the Far North of New Zealand.

End:

the LORD Almighty is his name: ‘Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,’ declares …”

THIS IS THE SPECIAL TIME TO READ BOOKS

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It is dark, raining and cold, and I think I can even hear thunder in the distance. It is winter in New Zealand. That’s why it is the time, for me anyway, to read books in Aotearoa.

QUOTE FROM THE BOOK: “Man’s troubles are always due to his ignorance of God.” – D M Lloyd-Jones

Even more so because the Sallies here in Kaitaia had a second hand  book sale not long ago and I must have bought Christian books of the value of more than $200, if I would have bought them new, for almost nothing.

I love to read expositions. At the present time I am reading “An Exposition of Ephesians One” by D M Lloyd-Jones called “God’s Ultimate Purpose.” I think he is one of the best teachers of the Bible. I have heard him preach many years ago at Westminster Chapel in London.

AT THE PRESENT TIME I AM LEARNING ABOUT THE TWO OPERATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

  1. The Spirit  that is in the Bible, the Word of God (“Testimonium Spiritus Externus”). 2 Peter 1:21 and 2 Timothy 3:16.
  2. The Spirit in the Reader (“Testimonium Spiritus Internus”): Without the Spirit in us, we cannot understand the Word of God. With other words, the Bible is not food for us.

“Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” – Matthew 4:4

This is one of the  most important doctrines of the Christian faith.

Not that I needed the books from the Salvation Army to read, because  I have many books in my little library at home already, which I have not read properly, and expositions of books of the Bible, which I like to read again and again.

But it is not only time to read Christian books, it is time to read “The Book of Books,” the Bible. How are you getting on with your reading of the Bible?

But for many people here in New Zealand this is the time to leave the country and go where the sun is shining. But as Elizabeth Clarke Dunn says, “Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.”