God is On Our Side; Abundant Abiding Life; The Master Builder; How God Exalts; From the Pit to the Palace;
1. Romans Romans 8:31-39
2. Gospels John 15:1-17
3. Old Testament Narrative Gen. 41:37-44
4. Old Testament Poetry Psalm 127
5. Old Testament Prophecy Haggai 1:1-6
10/94 GOD IS ON OUR SIDE ROMANS 8:31-39 HOMILETICS II
INTRO:
1. IN THE LIFE OF EVERY BELIEVER, THERE ARE SEASONS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE GOD IS NOT THERE.
2. UNCERTAINTY LEADS US TO QUESTION THE WHY'S, WHERE'S AND HOW'S OF LIFE.
3. WE SUFFER FROM MYRIAD HARDSHIPS; PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND GOD IS SILENT.
4. AND NOT ONLY IS GOD SILENT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT GOD IS AGAINST US.
...GOD IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.
EXPL:
1. PAUL IS VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH SEASONS OF HARDSHIP.
2. PAUL SUFFERED MANY TRIALS; PRISON, FLOGGED (5X RECEIVING 40 LESS ONE), BEATEN WITH RODS, STONED, 3X SHIPWRECKED, GONE WITHOUT SLEEP, KNEW HUNGER, THIRST & WENT WITHOUT FOOD, BEEN COLD AND NAKED; RUN OUT OF TOWN; FACE PRESSURES DAILY RE: THE CHURCH.
3. PAUL WRITES TO ENCOURAGE US THAT DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS OF CIRCUMSTANCE & SITUATION, THE NEW LAW OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES DELIVERANCE, SECURITY & ASSURANCE.
PROP: GOD IS ON OUR SIDE! GOD IS FOR US!
TS.: FROM THE INSIGHTS WITHIN THE TEXT, WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT IN LIGHT OF HARDSHIPS & UNCERTAINTY ...GOD IS FOR US.
INTERR: HOW?
I. NO ONE CAN BE AGAINST US -GOD GAVE US HIMSELF V. 31
1. GOD IS LOVE, GOD GAVE US LOVE, GOD GAVE US HIMSELF.
(ILL:) GOD'S LOVE FOR US IS NOT A LOVE THAT ALWAYS EXEMPTS US FROM TRIALS, BUT RATHER, A LOVE THAT SEES US THROUGH TRIALS.
2. GOD LOVED US BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME...KAIROS
GOD..FOREKNEW, PREDESTINED, CONFORMED, CALLED, JUSTIFIED, GLORIFIED US...BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
3. GOD DID NOT GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE...DEATH BUT LIFE THRU HIS BELOVED SON.
II. NO ONE CAN CONDEMN US - GOD GAVE US HIS SON V. 34
CHRONOS TIME, CHRIST ENTERED TIME, SPACE & HISTORY...
1. SON IS LOVED BY GOD
2. SON LOVES US
3. SON GAVE HIS LIFE
-RANSOM/RESCUE/REDEMPTION/RIGHTEOUSNESS
(ILL:) GOD IS THE SOURCE OF LOVE; CHRIST IS THE PROOF OF LOVE.
(ILL:) "WHAT WE GIVE AWAY, WE KEEP. WHAT WE HOARD, WE LOSE."
III. NO ONE CAN SEPARATE US - GOD GAVE US HIS SPIRIT V.35
1. WILL SUSTAIN US FOREVER
2. WILL SANCTIFY US IN THIS PRESENT LIFE
3. WILL NEVER BE A SEPARATION
(ILL:) SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD, BUT NOT FROM GOD.
CONCL: (ILL:) "PULL UP BOOTSTRAPS, PICK UP THE BLOOD STAINED BANNER AND PRESS ONWARD TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING IN CHRIST JESUS." GOD IS FOR US BECAUSE GOD IS FOR HIS SON; WE ARE IN HIS SON AND HIS SPIRIT IS IN US ... WHAT CAN WE SAY...NO ONE CAN CONQUER US! BECAUSE THE LORD IS FOR US. GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN (ETERNITY PAST),ALWAYS IS(PRESENT) & WILL ALWAYS BE(FUTURE) FOR US.
11/15/94 THE ABUNDANT ABIDING LIFE JOHN 15:1-17 WINBORNE SOFE
INTRO: 1. THERE IS A BELIEVER CLOSE TO ALL OF US WHO IS LIVING A DEFEATED CHRISTIAN LIFE...A NON-PRODUCTIVE, FRUITLESS, LIFE UNDER THE GUISE OF CHRISTIANITY.
2. A BELIEVER WHO USES THE RIGHT WORDS, IS SEEN IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES, HOWEVER HAS AN UNSEEN SHADOW OF A RAIN CLOUD OF GLOOM.
3. THIS BELIEVER IS IDENTIFIED AS A SPIRITUAL PRISONER, DRAGGING THEIR CHAIN OF BIBLES, BALANCING THE MILESTONES & BURDENS OF LIFE, CUT OFF FROM THE SOURCE OF ABUNDANT LIFE.
EXPL:
1. VINES AND VINEYARDS ARE MENTIONED APPROXIMATELY 500 TIMES IN THE BIBLE.
2. PRESERVING A GRAPEVINE REQUIRED MUCH WORK WHICH INCLUDED WINTER PRUNING AND CULTIVATION, FERTILIZING, SPRAYING, WATERING, PRUNING IN THE SPRING, TYING IN THE SUMMER, AND FINALLY THE HARVEST.
3. JESUS HAS ALREADY PROCLAIMED THAT HE IS THE BREAD OF LIFE, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE DOOR, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE AND NOW HE DECLARES THAT HE IS THE TRUE VINE.
4. IN THE IMPENDING SHADOW OF DEATH, DURING THE LAST SUPPER, JESUS USES THIS METAPHOR TO ENCOURAGE, TEACH AND MINISTER TO THOSE WHO WILL CONTINUE THE AWESOME TASK OF MINISTRY.
TS: FOLLOWING THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CHRIST AND THE FATHER AND THE TRUE VINE, THE BRANCHES & THE HUSBANDMAN WILL HELP TO CLARIFY HOW WE CAN LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE
PROP: THE ABUNDANT CHRISTIAN LIFE IS LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE FATHER.
I. JUST AS CHRIST IS THE OBJECT OF THE FATHER'S LOVE, SO THE BELIEVER IS THE OBJECT OF CHRIST' LOVE. V.9
1. JESUS LOVED US WITH AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE LOVE.
2. JESUS LOVES US WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.
3. JESUS LOVES US WITH AN UNCHANGING LOVE.
(ILL:) PADEREWSKI & THE PIANO PLAYING KID; LOVE OF CHRIST FOR MEN.
II. JUST AS CHRIST REMAINS IN HIS FATHER'S LOVE, SO THE BELIEVER MUST REMAIN IN CHRIST' LOVE. V.10.
1. JESUS GIVES US A NEW COMMAND - "STAY IN LOVE!"
(ILL:) HUDSON TAYLOR & ABIDING IN CHRIST; LOVE - ABIDING IN CHRIST
2. JESUS GIVES US AN EXAMPLE - "OBEY IN LOVE!"
(ILL:) PEOPLE STEEPED IN TRADITION BUT NOT ROOTED IN CHRIST' SALVATION ARE BRANCHES. AT THE POINT OF REJECTION OF TRUTH, THEIR LIVES WILT AND BECOME FRUITLESS...REVEALING THE TRUE NATURE OF THE PERSON...EX. JUDAS.
III. JUST AS CHRIST' JOY IS RELATED TO HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER, SO THE BELIEVER'S JOY IS RELATED TO HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE SON.V.11.
1. OUR OBEDIENCE IS CONNECTED TO RELATIONSHIP.
2. OUR OBEDIENCE IS CONNECTED TO REVELATION.
3. OUR OBEDIENCE IS CONNECTED TO RESPONSIBILITY.
(ILL:) DOING WHAT I DO FOR WHO?; RESPONSIBILITY
CONCL:1. BELIEVERS RECOGNIZE THE SOURCE OF LOVE IS CHRIST
2. BELIEVERS RECIPROCATE THAT LOVE VIA OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.
3. BELIEVERS REMAIN IN CHRIST.
4. BELIEVERS REJOICE IN ABUNDANT LIVES THROUGH CHRIST.
PS. 127:1-2 THE MASTER BUILDER. W. WINBORNE SOE
"EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN.
INTRO:
1. WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? BY YOUR LIFE, RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE YOU CONSTRUCTING? WHAT TYPE OF MATERIALS ARE YOU USING, WHAT PLANS AND DESIGNS ARE BEING USED? WHAT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIALS?
2. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOU FAILURES? WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR SUCCESSES.
3. WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT WE ARE BUILDING...BUILDING FAMILIES, MINISTRIES, CAREER'S.
4. AND WE WERE BUILDING IN A CHAOTIC ENVIRON; A GODLESS ENVIROM, WHERE WITH EVERY BRICK WE PLACE ON ONE END, SOMEONE IS STEALING THEM AT THE OTHER END....
(ILL:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN - NAT'L DAY OF FASTING....1863.
EXPL: 1. 7TH PS OF DEGREES, PROCESSIONAL/STAGES OF PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM @ FEAST/SUNG ON STAIRS/MUSICAL: @ THE TEMPLE; THIS IS KNOWN AS THE BUILDER PSALM...FROM SOLOMON.
2. OFFSPRING OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA; JEDIDAH, BELOVED OF GOD, WHO RECEIVED THE BLESSING OF GOD'S WISDOM.
3. THE BUILDER OF THE TEMPLE.
PROP: IF GOD IS NOT IN OUR ENDEAVORS THEY ARE VAIN.
TS: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PS. 127, WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE SUCCESS OR FAILURES OF OUR ENDEAVORS
I. OUR HANDS WITHOUT THE HAND OF GOD IS VAIN. V.1
(ILL:) HANDS DO THINGS; ARTIST, SCULPTOR, MUSICIAN, BRAILLE.
1. PROGRAM WILL PROVE PREPOSTEROUS; PROGRAM IS GOD'S.
(ILL:) WITHOUT GOD WE ARE NOTHING. GREAT HOUSES BUILT BY AMBITIOUS MEN VOID OF GOD WILL IN THE END LIE IN RUINS. 2. PLANS WILL PROVE UNPROFITABLE.; PLAN OF SALVATION
(ILL:) THE TOWER OF BABEL, BABEL BUILDERS, INC.,- LOST CIVILIZATIONS.
3. BLUEPRINTS WILL PROVE BURDENSOME; BLUEPRINT IS THE BIBLE.
II. OUR EYES WITHOUT THE EYES OF GOD IS VAIN.
(IIL:) EYE- CAMERA,COORDINATION @ LIGHT AND LENS, TELESCOPE.
1. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE "BLIND AS A BAT."
2. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY OF THE "BLIND LEADING THE BLIND"
(ILL:) PHARISEES - THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES CAME TO JESUS TO TEST HIM BY ASKING HIM TO SHOW THEM A SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HE REPLIED, ...YOU KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET THE APPEARANCE OF THE SKY, BUT YOU CANNOT INTERPRET THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES." MT. 16
THE "I" THAT CAUSES WOE IS THE "I" OF PRIDE VS. ACCESS,AVAIL, ATTITUDE.
III.OUR REST WITHOUT THE REST OF GOD IS VAIN. V.2
1. PHYSICAL REST - WILL PROVE TO BE RESTLESS.
(IIL:) THE TAILOR WHO COUNTED SHEEP.
2. SPIRITUAL REST - WILL PROVE TO BE SATISFYING. DEMO GOD'S POWER.; EDIFICATION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
3. ETERNAL REST - WILL PROVE REJUVENATING .
CONCL: SELF-RELIANCE IN SENSELESS; SUBMISSION IS SENSIBLE.
EXCEPT GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE UPON OUR TIME AND ENERGY THEY ARE VAIN.
EXCEPT GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE UPON OUR ENDEAVORS THEY ARE VAIN.
Wilbur D. Winborne Homiletics II
Seminary of the East Dr. David Ritter
November 8, 1994
Preaching Plan for the Proclamation
of the Gospel
(First thirteen weeks)
"What in the World Are We Doing Here?"
(Doctrinal Series on the Church)
Week Title Text
1. The Origin of the Church Acts 2
What is the Church? Eph. 1:19-23
2. The Jew, the Gentile & the Church I Cor. 10:32
The Jew & the Gentile in Christ Eph. 2: 13-22
3. The Church: A New Testament Reality I Cor. 12:12-13
Christ and the Church Eph. 4:12-17
4. The Founding of the Church Matt. 16:18-19
The Future of the Church Heb. 12:22-24
5. The Purpose of the Church Rev. 2:4
The Priority of the Church Eph. 1:3-14
6. The People of the Church I Pet. 2:9
The Plan of the Church Mt. 28:18-20
7. Our Basis for Fellowship I Jn. 1:5-7
One Another in the Church Col. 3:12-17
8. The Lord's Supper & the Church I Cor. 11:23-29
Worship in the Church Ps. 29:2
9. Every Member A Manager I Pet. 4:10
Silver & The Savior I Tim. 6:6-10
10. The Windows of Heaven Mal 3:8-10
The Paradox of Giving Jn.6:9-13
11. No Need for Discipline I Pet. 1:16
Discipline to Restore Gal. 6:13
12. Warfare & Worship Eph. 5:8-18
The Wiles In Our Way Eph. 6:11
13. The Church of Noah's Day Gen. 7:1
Nobody Jumped Off the Ark Gen. 7:16-23
Homiletics II Seminary of the East
Prof. David Ritter Fall Term 1994
Transitional Phrases
Transition phrases aid in movement within the sermon. They may be questions, phrases or transitional words that link paragraph's, and sentences.
"The reason why we should take great care in passing from one division of our subject to another, and prepare the phrases of transition, is to save a mental shock. We have taken much pains to secure the attention of our audience. We are hoping to instruct, to please, and to move or persuade. The preacher must try to hold their attention without a break as he passes from one division to the next. A bad link or phrase of transition give a severe jolt to the mind which may quite distract the attention. A good link carries on the attention without jar or distress, as in a well-laid railway line the train passes smoothly over the points from one pair of lines to the next." [1]
If...then,...
Neither...nor...
Both...and...
For these reason,...
On the one hand,....On the other hand,...
This means...It means also...
It do not mean to imply...
Also,...
Again,....Therefore,...
Further,...Finally,...
Furthermore,...So,...
Still,...Then,...
Yet,...Of course,...
Nevertheless,...Naturally,....
Moreover,...Turn now from...
But....For one thing,...
However,...In spite of all,...
Consequently...The upshot of all this...
As a result,...I repeat:...
What we are saying now....Let us at the start...
What this comes down to....Another..
Or,...Indeed,...
One...The other....Well,...
Of course,...Once more,...
To be sure,...To begin with,...
Next,...Beyond that,...
Sermon Outlines
Affirmations
Hebrews 12:22-25
Why Go To Church?
I. It is a spiritual fellowship
II. universal
III. immortal
IV. divine
V. redeeming
Rev. 21:1-5
All Things New
I. The life to come is a life of vision
II. service
III. lived in love.
LEARNING TO PREACH LIKE JESUS
Ingredients in Jesus Preaching
Analogy
Compare & contrast
Common experience
Dialogue
Direct address
Narrative
Parables
Questions
Sensory language
Structure
Examples leading to concepts
Concrete before abstract
Content material combined with process material
Deferred or delayed propositions or assertions.
Attitudes
Starts with listener needs, often a universal need
Respects listeners, experience
Achieves authority
Trust inductive process and trust listeners to learn
Brain
Right brain function
Left " "
Learner/sensors - concrete
Learner/absractors
Learner/complex
Learner/emotional
Faith-promise
Fear-threat
Cerebrum
Wilbur D. Winborne Seminary of the East
Homiletics II Prof. David Ritter
Fall 1994 Summary of Biblical Sermons
Summary of Lessons Learned from Biblical Sermons
The most important lesson I learned from Biblical Sermons is that there is no excuse for lack of preparation. The proclamation of the Gospel takes time; preaching takes unseen prayer, diligent study, meditation and creativity. From the interviews of each preacher I see that what takes minutes in the pulpit, anywhere from 30-40 minutes, requires anywhere from 10-20 hours in the study. There is no substitute for "spending time at the feet of Jesus". The "helpful hint" I gathered - incorporate the preaching calendar.
The next lesson learned is the importance of the introductions, illustrations and the conclusions. The introduction must grab the command of the hearer's attention, answer their non-verbal question of "why should I listen", and draw the hearer into the sermon. Illustration, one of the most time consuming aspects of the sermon, must embellish our "big idea" and main points, creatively re-focus our hearers and hold their attention through the point or usher them to the next point. Finding the illustration, that paints a picture of truth and causes the hearer's "light bulb" to go off is no easy task. It reminds me of the story of Cinderella. In the story the Prince met Cinderella at the Ball. Upon her mad dash home before the stroke of twelve, she ran out of one of her slippers. The prince intoxicated with love took the time and effort to find and match up the girl with the slipper....and they "lived happily ever after". The same thing happens with illustrations in that it takes time and effort to find just the right story or vignette to "drive home" the big idea and/or main points.
The conclusion is to bring our hearers, purposely, to the end of the sermon while having a clear picture of the "big idea" in their heads. The conclusion brings our hearers full circle. Having been grabbed by the intro, held by the illustrations and now persuaded into action by the conclusion. Helpful hints gathered - collect illustrations, memorize the introduction and conclusion of the sermon and work to become a better story-teller by building vocabulary to "paint the picture".
Finally, one sermon can be preached in a variety of ways, using different sermonic patterns and styles, and still communicate God's truth. This term I preached from Psalm 127, which was also a part of our reading - "Riding the Wind". I was able to see the big idea stated and restated differently as well as compare notes with another preacher noting his unity, order and progress, his use of illustrations and style. Helpful hint gathered - read and listen to other preacher's sermons.
GEN.41:37-44 HOW GOD EXALTS; FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE WINBORNE
INTRO: YOU'VE BEEN ACCUSES, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED ALTHOUGH INNOCENT.
1. JAZZ TRUMPETER EDDIE RYDER SERVED NUMEROUS YEAR IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT.
2. CAN YOU IMAGINE; LIFE HAS TAKEN A SUDDEN TURN INTO UNEXPECTED REALITY. YOUR EXISTENCE IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE WORD BONDAGE.
3. THE JOURNEY OF LIFE HAS TAKEN YOU FROM THE COMFORTS OF HOME TO THE ANXIETY OF INCARCERATION.
EXPL: JOSEPH WAS IN THE EXACT SAME PREDICAMENT OF UNEXPECTED REALITY.
1. JOSEPH WAS JACOB'S FAVORITE, HE WAS THE OWNER OF A MULTI-COLORED SEAMLESS COAT; HE WAS A DREAMER WHO WAS HATED BY HIS BROTHERS; HE WAS A DREAMER; HE WAS A PIT DWELLER, HE WAS A SLAVE.
2. THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH, HE CAUSED POTIPHAR TO PROSPER.
3. MRS. POTIPHAR WAS PROMISCUOUS. SHE DAILY TEMPTED JOSEPH WHO RESISTED. IN HER SCORN SHE FALSELY ACCUSED JOSEPH,WHO WAS CONVICTED & SENTENCED TO PRISON.
4. BEFRIENDED BY A BUTLER & BAKER, JOSEPH INTERPRETED THEIR DREAMS.
BEFRIENDED JOSEPH WAS FORGOTTEN UNTIL PHARAOH HAD A DREAM.
5. JOSEPH INTERPRETED THE DREAM AND WENT FROM PIT TO THE PALACE.
PROP: JOSEPH'S LIFE FROM PIT TO PALACE HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND HOW
GOD EXALTS MAN.
TS: THE ANALYSIS OF GEN. WILL CLARIFY HOW GOD EXALTS MAN.
I. EXALTATION JOSEPH EXPERIENCED SHOW US GOD EXALTS THROUGH UNEXPECTED MEANS.
1. GOD IS SOVEREIGN, GOD IS IN CONTROL & GOD EVEN USES THE BELIEVER & THE PAGAN IN HIS DIVINE PLAN. MAN MEANT FOR BAD; GOD=GOOD.
2. PROV. SAYS THE "HEART OF THE KING IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS RIVERS OF WATERS HE TURNS IT WITHERSOEVER HE WILL." PROV. 21:1.
3. SIMILAR ACTIONS HAPPENED IN LIFE OF DANIEL; SLAVE-PROBLEM DREAM-INTERPRETATION-REWARD OF EXALTATION.
4. JOSEPH, DESPITE SITUATION & CIRCUMSTANCE, ACKNOWLEDGED GOD & REMAINED HUMBLE/GOD REWARDED HIS FAITHFULNESS.
(IIl:) WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES.
II. GIFTS JOSEPH WAS GIVEN SHOWS GOD EXALTS IN AN EXPEDIENT FAVOR. 1. RING, SYMBOLIZED AUTHORITY; IT WAS USED AS A SEAL OF POWER.
2. VESTURE OF FINE LINEN; SYMBOLIZED A NEW IDENTIFICATION.
3. GOLD CHAIN, A GIFT OF PERSONAL FAVOR, SYMBOLIZED A PURIFICATION.
4. CHARIOT, SYMBOLIZED FREEDOM; AS WELL AS SERVICE AS JOSEPH CONTINUED TO BE A HANDS ON ADMINISTRATOR THOUGHT OUT THE LAND. 5. THE NEW NAME, SYMBOLIZED A NEW CHANGE, NEW CONSTITUTION.
(IIL:) GIFTS OF GRACE FROM GOD TO MAN.
III. THE BRIDE JOSEPH WAS GIVEN SHOWS GOD EXALTS ENTIRELY.
1. JOSEPH HAD IT ALL, POWER, POSITION, PRAISE BUT NO WIFE/COMPLETE.
2. IMPLICATIONS: BENEFIT OF EGYPT THROUGH FUTURE GENERATIONS.
3. IMPLICATIONS: SALVATION HISTORY OF ISREAL; GENEALOGY.
4. VIRTUOUS WIFE CROWN TO HUSBAND; MARRIAGE IS A GOOD THING..
(ILL:) IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE.
CONCL:
1. GOD EXALTS US IN UNEXPECTED WAYS...
2. GOD EXALTS US IN EXPEDIENT WAYS...
3. GOD EXALTS US ENTIRELY.
PS. 127:1-2 THE MASTER BUILDER. W. WINBORNE SOE
"EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN.
INTRO:
1. WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? BY YOUR LIFE, RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE YOU CONSTRUCTING? WHAT TYPE OF MATERIALS ARE YOU USING, WHAT PLANS AND DESIGNS ARE BEING USED? WHAT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIALS?
2. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOU FAILURES? WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR SUCCESSES.
3. WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT WE ARE BUILDING...BUILDING FAMILIES, MINISTRIES, CAREER'S.
4. AND WE WERE BUILDING IN A CHAOTIC ENVIRON; A GODLESS ENVIROM, WHERE WITH EVERY BRICK WE PLACE ON ONE END, SOMEONE IS STEALING THEM AT THE OTHER END....
(ILL:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN - NAT'L DAY OF FASTING....1863.
EXPL: 1. 7TH PS OF DEGREES, PROCESSIONAL/STAGES OF PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM @ FEAST/SUNG ON STAIRS/MUSICAL: @ THE TEMPLE; THIS IS KNOWN AS THE BUILDER PSALM...FROM SOLOMON.
2. OFFSPRING OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA; JEDIDAH, BELOVED OF GOD, WHO RECEIVED THE BLESSING OF GOD'S WISDOM.
3. THE BUILDER OF THE TEMPLE.
PROP: IF GOD IS NOT IN OUR ENDEAVORS THEY ARE VAIN.
TS: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PS. 127, WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE SUCCESS OR FAILURES OF OUR ENDEAVORS
I. OUR HANDS WITHOUT THE HAND OF GOD IS VAIN. V.1
(ILL:) HANDS DO THINGS; ARTIST, SCULPTOR, MUSICIAN, BRAILLE.
1. PROGRAM WILL PROVE PREPOSTEROUS; PROGRAM IS GOD'S.
(ILL:) WITHOUT GOD WE ARE NOTHING. GREAT HOUSES BUILT BY AMBITIOUS MEN VOID OF GOD WILL IN THE END LIE IN RUINS. 2. PLANS WILL PROVE UNPROFITABLE.; PLAN OF SALVATION
(ILL:) THE TOWER OF BABEL, BABEL BUILDERS, INC.,- LOST CIVILIZATIONS.
3. BLUEPRINTS WILL PROVE BURDENSOME; BLUEPRINT IS THE BIBLE.
II. OUR EYES WITHOUT THE EYES OF GOD IS VAIN.
(IIL:) EYE- CAMERA,COORDINATION @ LIGHT AND LENS, TELESCOPE.
1. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE "BLIND AS A BAT."
2. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY OF THE "BLIND LEADING THE BLIND"
(ILL:) PHARISEES - THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES CAME TO JESUS TO TEST HIM BY ASKING HIM TO SHOW THEM A SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HE REPLIED, ...YOU KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET THE APPEARANCE OF THE SKY, BUT YOU CANNOT INTERPRET THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES." MT. 16
THE "I" THAT CAUSES WOE IS THE "I" OF PRIDE VS. ACCESS,AVAIL, ATTITUDE.
III.OUR REST WITHOUT THE REST OF GOD IS VAIN. V.2
1. PHYSICAL REST - WILL PROVE TO BE RESTLESS.
(IIL:) THE TAILOR WHO COUNTED SHEEP.
2. SPIRITUAL REST - WILL PROVE TO BE SATISFYING. DEMO GOD'S POWER.; EDIFICATION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
3. ETERNAL REST - WILL PROVE REJUVENATING .
CONCL: SELF-RELIANCE IN SENSELESS; SUBMISSION IS SENSIBLE.
EXCEPT GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE UPON OUR TIME AND ENERGY THEY ARE VAIN.
EXCEPT GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE UPON OUR ENDEAVORS THEY ARE VAIN.
REV. WILBUR D. WINBORNE SR.
SERMON LOG
2/24/91 PM IS SOUL WINNING AN OPTION JAMES 5:19-20
Initial Sermon
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8/16/92 PM THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY JAMES 1:22
8/30/92 AM THE BEST IS YET TO COME HEB. 10:26
9/13/92 PM SEEING THRU THE EYES OF JESUS EPH. 6:12
10/25/92 PM STRATEGY OF THE SUBTLE SERPENT GEN. 3
11/22/92 AM THE CALL TO CHRISTIAN FAITH I THES.5:14-24
12/31/92 PM THE POWER OF THE FLOOD GEN. 6:5-8
1/10/93 PM BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES GAL. 6:7
1/31/93 PM THE BLESSED ASSURANCE OF HOPE HEB. 6:11
2/14/93 PM TROUBLE IN THE MIST OF THE GARDEN GEN. 9:16-17
2/28/93 PM THE PROBLEM, PRAYER & PRAISE 2 COR. 20:12
3/21/93 AM LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED JONH 14:1
4/18/93 PM HERE COMES THE JUDGE MT. 7:1-5
6/20/93 AM WHAT IS YOUR MINISTRY COL. 4:17
7/11/93 AM 7 THINGS FROM HELL THAT NEED TO LU. 16:19-31
BE IN THE CHURCH.
8/22/93 AM LAMENTATION OF WOE AMOS 5:18
9/12/93 PM THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBILITY EZE. 37:3
10/17/93 AM ARE YOU PLANNING A ROBBERY MAL. 3:8
10/24/93 PM WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST PHIL. 4:13
11/28/93 PM
1/1/94 PM THE PROBLEM OF FORGIVENESS MT. 6:14-15
1/16/94 PM KNOWING GOD PHIL.3:10
3/13/94 AM THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH GEN. 39:2
4/10/94 PM THE MYSTERY OF TIME ROM. 5:6
4/24/94 PM "O GOD YOU ARE MY GOD" PS. 63:1
4/29/94 AM BORN OF A FEW DAYS JOB 14:1-2
-Preached Mr. Sylvester's Funeral
5/15/94 AM THE TRAGEDY OF TEMPORAL TREASU MK.10:17
5/28/94 PM GIFT OF MARRIAGE GEN.2
Wedding of Sheila & Tyrone Mosely Temple U.
6/12/94 PM TRUST IN GOD PS. 62:7
7/10/94 AM ANTIDOTE FOR ANXIETY PHIL. 4:6-7
St Paul Baptist Church - Rev. Witherspoon
9/18/94 AM THE GOOD GIFTS OF GOD JAMES 1:17
10/30/94 AM THE WILL OF GOD ROM. 12:1-2
Gibson Temple Baptist - Rev. Griffin
11/13/94 AM JESUS THE MASTER BUILDER PS. 127
Rev. Parrott Christ Evangelical Baptist Church
11/27/94 AM GOD IS ON OUR SIDE ROM. 8:31
Guest from First Union at 19th st.
12/11/94 AM THE WILL OF GOD ROM. 12:1-2
First Union Baptist - Newtonville, NJ
12/18/94 AM ANGELS SONG OF ADVENT LU. 2:13-14
BEST OF...PASTOR WALKER
12/6/92 THE PRIVLEDGE OF CROSS BEARING MT. 10:38
5/2/93 HOW TO GET JOY OUR OF SUFFERING
10/3/93 THE WONDER OF OUR REDEMPTION GA. 3:13
11/21/93 SONG OF MOSES & THE LAMB REV. 15:1-3
(DR. GARDNER TAYLOR)
3/27/94 PROOF OF ETERNAL SECURITY JOHN 10:28
5/22/94 BLESSING OUT OF TRAGEDY 2 CHRON. 26:5
KIM DAN TANN 609-256-9025 NEW TEL #.
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[1] James W. Cox, Preaching, p. 222.
