INTRODUCTION: A. Most of us are familiar with the principle of bookkeeping 1. We have, assets and liabilities. 2. When liabilities outweigh assets, we have a problem. 3. Assets and liabilities have a much wider application today B. People in a company, or in religion, may be an asset, or a liability. 1. Too many […]
The Eldership: A Manifestation of Divine Wisdom INTRODUCTION: A. The book of Ephesians has been called the “great church epistle” 1. It is a tremendous treatise relative to the church of Christ, and Paul affirms that the church is a manifestation of God’s wisdom. 2. Ephesians 3:10-11 3. Since the church is a manifestation of […]
Sermon on Idols INTRODUCTION: A. Ezekiel 14:3-4, 7 1. These God’s people had committed a great evil — they had set up idols in the heart 2. The picture on the screen is suggestive of the golden calf worshiped by Israel.
Sermon on Lot — Sermon outline by Tom Moore on the effect of Lot’s choice to live in Sodom.
INTRODUCTION:
A. When Jesus spoke about “Responding To Evil”, He laid down two principles:
1. Do not resist an evil person (Mt. 5:39a)
2. Respond to evil by doing good (Mt. 5:39b-42)
INTRODUCTION:
A. Shortly after the death of Solomon the kingdom of Israel was divided
1. Jeroboam … Israel
2. Rehoboam … Judah
a. Followed bad advice
b. Partly responsible for the division
B. Jeroboam institutes false worship
1. 1 Kings 12:25-30
2. He wanted the people to forget Jerusalem
INTRODUCTION:
A. We have been discussing the idea of the Church Moving Forward.
1. The church needs to be thinking about the future
a. Looking forward, thinking forward, planning forward, and moving forward
b. This is critical! The church’s future depends on it!
2. Philippians 3:12-14
B. In our past lessons we discussed:
1. Challenges to accept
a. Making a difference in the world
b. Evangelizing our local community
c. Developing leadership
d. Abiding in God’s word
2. Enemies to defeat
a. Ignorance
b. Apathy
c. Unbelief
d. Sin
C. In this lesson we are going to discuss DANGERS TO AVOID
INTRODUCTION: Genesis 3:1-24
A. Have you ever wondered how one could allow a moment of pleasure to destroy his/her marriage or reputation?
1. What causes one to mortgage his life to pay the high price of sin?
2. What causes one to turn his back on God, his family or his brethren?
3. Genesis 3 will give us some insight into these questions.
B. The Bible is a book about sin.
1. Genesis 1 & 2 sets forth man in his innocence.
2. The remaining 1,187 chapters depict man as a sinner, and as one who is in need of grace – the salvation that can only be found in Christ.
3. In this lesson I want us to go back in our minds to the garden of Eden, to a time when sin first entered the world, and notice some very important points that will help us in our daily walk as a Christian.
INTRODUCTION: Philippians 3:10-16
A. A hungry tiger started tracking the scent of a deer. As he followed the deer, he came across the scent of a rabbit. He turned aside and started after the rabbit. Then he was distracted by the scent of a mouse and started following that. He finally came to the hole into which the mouse had vanished. He ended the day hungrier than when he had started the day. This fable illustrates how many spend their lives distracted with this or that, and at the end of the day – they have accomplished little.
B. In Philippians 3:10-16 we find a focus for one’s life – a spiritual focus
1. Paul wrote Philippians 3:13b-14
2. Paul said “this one thing I do”
a. Not “a hundred things I start” or “a dozen things I attempt” – but “one thing I do”
INTRODUCTION
A. There are numerous problems that need to be corrected in the Lord’s church today, but perhaps none more than the problem of procrastination.
1. So often, the resources are available, the fields are white unto harvest, and the opportunities abound – but the laborers are few (Mat. 9:37-38)
2. WHY?
a. Is it because so many are unaware of their responsibility to serve
b. Or is it because those who are aware of their responsibility, lack the ability to serve?
c. Or could it be that the majority of folks know their responsibility, have the necessary abilities to render effective service unto God, but just never get around to using those talents?
INTRODUCTION:
A. The concept of spiritual shepherds over the flock of God did not originate in the New Testament
1. That was a role the priests and prophets played in the Mosaic age, and some of them did not take their work seriously
2. Jeremiah 23:1-4
3. Ezekiel 34:1-10
4. Jesus alluded to this work and its abuse during His earthly ministry, when, in speaking of the shepherd, He said – John 10:3-5, 11-12
5. From these passages, we learn that the Lord expected His shepherds to do the following:
INTRODUCTION:
A. Illustration
In the 1976 Summer Olympics, Shun Fujimoto competed in the team gymnastics competition for Japan. In a quest for the gold metal, Fujimoto suffered a broken right knee in the floor exercise. But this injury did not stop him, for during the next week he competed in his strongest event, the rings. His routine was excellent, but he astounded everyone by squarely dismounting with a triple somersault twist on a broken right knee. When asked concerning his feat, he said, “Yes, the pain shot through me like a knife. It brought tears to my eyes. But now I have the gold metal and the pain is gone.”
Sermon on Judgment — Sermon outline by Tom Moore. He continues his exposition of the book of Jude giving us things worth remembering.
Judge not, that ye be not judged – Sermon outline by Tom Moore from Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:1-6. Sermon from the sermon on the mount.
INTRODUCTION:
1. In discussing “the fruit of the Spirit” – the nine graces listed in Galatians 5:22-23 are often divided into three groups:
1) The first group contains those graces which turns one’s thought toward God…
a. Love (for love is of God)
b. Joy (for we rejoice in the Lord)
c. Peace (for from God comes the peace that surpasses understanding)
Way of Cain Sermon — Sermon outline on the sins of Cain by Tom Moore.
INTRODUCTION
1. Those who are influenced and directed by the sword of the Spirit will produce “the fruit of the Spirit” in their lives … Galatians 5:22-23
1) We noted in our previous study that there is not a plurality of fruits, but one fruit
2) Yes, only one fruit that is made up of several interrelated graces or virtues, all of which will be manifested if one is truly walking in the Spirit
INTRODUCTION:
A. Sin, is a word we are all familiar with, or, are we?
1. Sin comes from hamartia and literally means “to miss the mark” – it is the idea of an archer missing the target
2. Sin, though it is a small word, is a very terrible word
3. Sin is terrible because it separates man from God
a. Isaiah 59:1-2
b. Consider also – 1 John 1:6
B. Many in the religious world today try to talk as little about sin as they think they can get away with.
INTRODUCTION: Read Philippians 3:4-11
A. Many businesses issue periodic profit-and-loss statements
1. Profit and losses are listed to show whether or not a company made money
2. Jewish rabbis used this kind of accountant terminology to compare what was important and what was not
3. Jesus used a similar approach, Matthew 16:26
B. In our text of study Paul included his own profit-and-loss statement, Philippians 3:7-8
C. As we investigate the text before us, we will see what mattered to Paul and what did not.
D. Each of need to ask, “What is truly important to me?”
Are You On The Right Way?
Matthew 7:13-14
INTRODUCTION:
A. Everyone is on a spiritual journey as they travel through life
1. Whether religious or not, we travel a spiritual path
2. Every day we make choices that affects the direction in which we are headed