Better …, better …,

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Better is the word I come across lately.

When we are looking for something better, we are acknowledging that we are having a problem and that the world is not quite right.

And here are just three things we are looking for:

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT

“Partnering with you for a better environment,” is the message on a shopping bag in our house.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY

“Partnering with you for a better community,” I read when in town not long ago.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER PLACE

“Who makes our country a better place?” is the question on a leaflet, I picked up recently. (The 2020 New Zealander of the year awards. Honoring the Best of Us.)

But how can we really deal with the problem of the world?

The only way to deal with the problem of the world is the cross on which the Lord Jesus Christ died. The cross tells us that we are sinners and that we are helpless. But the natural man hates the cross, because of his pride.

Sermon Outline – OT – NIV

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“‘They will return to it

Ezekiel 11:18-20

Introduction:

and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.

A. I will give them an

undivided heart and

put a new spirit in them;

B. I will remove them from their heart of stone and

give them a heart of flesh.

End:

Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.'”

Quote

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“I PITY THE POOR MAN WHO IS IN DIFFICULTIES ABOUT WHAT TO PREACH, SUNDAY AFTER SUNDAY, HOPING THAT SOMETHING STRIKING WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEWS SO THAT HE CAN PREACH A TOPICAL SERMON.” – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“… THE FRUIT …”

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“WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD AND PLEASING TO THE EYE, AND ALSO DESIRABLE FOR GAINING WISDOM, SHE TOOK SOME AND ATE IT. SHE ALSO GAVE SOME TO HER HUSBAND, WHO WAS WITH HER, AND HE ATE IT.” – Genesis 3:6

Sermon Outline – OT – NIV

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“‘This is

Jeremiah 22:3

Introduction:

what the LORD says:

  • Do what is just and right.
  • Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed.
  • Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and
  • do not shed innocent blood in this place.'”

End:

For if you are careful to carry out these commands, …'”