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11 HOW TO PRACTICE THE PRESENCE OF GOD Acts 7:47-49 Intro: Ill. God is not an absentee landlord! He doesn’t save us and then leave us here to do the best we can. Many feel that God does just that! He saves us and then He shoves us out into the world. They think that maybe He looks in on us occasionally…

8 THE CHEMISTRY OF THE CROSS Rom. 8:28 Intro: Ill. A trip to the drug store to get a prescription filled. The druggist will take several bottles off the shelf, mix them together and make a medicine. Some of the chemicals he uses may be dangerous and even fatal, but when they are mixed together in the…

6 HOW TO TAME TEMPTATION 1 Cor. 10:12-14 Intro: Ill. How an Eskimo kills a wolf. (He will repeatedly coat the blade in blood, allowing it to freeze, until the blade is covered. Then, he will placethe knife in the snow and as the wolf licks the blood, his tongue is numbed, and his hunger is fueled. The…

9THE ROAD MAP TO MATURITY 1 Cor. 2:14-3:1 Intro: Ill. We are all the time categorizing people. We label them according to economics, careers, etc. The Bible is a book that also categorizes men. It groups into three categories: Natural, Spiritual, and Carnal. Everyone in this building today falls into…

5GOD’S FORMULA FOR FELLOWSHIP 1 John 1:1-10 “Fellowship”, we like that word. It has a nice ring to it. It is Baptist for food. In truth, the word fellowship means “things held in common.” It implies standing together on common ground. Imagine the glory of this statement, “God desires to have a close,…

4 HOW TO COME BACK WHEN YOU ARE DOWN Psa. 51:1-19 Intro: This Psalm came about as a result of David's sin with Bathsheba. He committed adultery, then in a effort to cover that up, he committed murder. After a while, David was confronted about his sin by Nathan the prophet. It was only after his sins…

7HOW TO HAVE A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE Eph. 5:18 Intro: Ill. Man and new car. He saves for it, buys it, has it delivered to his home. Then he has it parked in his driveway, washes it, waxes it, shows it off to his friends, even sits in it all afternoon long. But, he doesn’t know how to start it, so he has…

3 HOW TO BE SURE YOU HAVE ETERNAL SECURITY #2 2 Pet. 2:20-22 Intro: Salvation is, absolutely, the most important thing in life. Salvation, requires a personal, faith relationship with God through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing is more important than being saved, since salvation, or the lack…

2 HOW TO BE SURE YOU HAVE ETERNAL SECURITY John 10:27-29 Intro: Ill. The blessedness of this passage. It teaches a truth that many never grasp and that truth is this: If you are a believer, you have eternal security with the Lord Jesus Christ. Ill. A child who did not know from day to day whether or…

12 POWERFUL PRINCIPLES FOR PROPER PRACTICE 1 Cor. 6:12 Intro: Ill. 1908, Syracuse verses Carlisle. As the teams made ready for the game, the Carlisle coach, Pop Warner, decided to bend the rules to give his team the upper hand. He was a good coach, but he wasn’t above bending the rules when it was to…

10HOW TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD Acts 9:1-6 Intro: If you were to have a face to face encounter with the Lord Jesus, and could ask Him any question you wanted, what would that question be? I suppose you would have to think long and hard about what you would ask Him, but I am guessing that many would be…

1 HOW YOU CAN BE SAVED AND KNOW IT 1 John 5:11-13 Intro: I used to work with a lady who when I would say, “I am glad I am saved!,” would reply, “No one can know for sure that he is really saved.” My reply was always, “The Bible says I can and I am sure that I am saved. In fact, I am as sure for Heaven…