Selling Out Cheap

Genesis 25:33 KJV (WS)

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Selling Out Cheap

INTRODUCTION:

This is a day of cheap Price-Tags.

Many are selling their

1. Convictions

2. Testimonies

3. Churches

I. EVE WAS THE FIRST TO SELL OUT

Genesis 3:6 KJV (WS)

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

A. She saw

B. She took

C. She ate

II. CAIN SOLD OUT TO HIS JEALOUS HEART

Genesis 4:6 KJV (WS)

And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

A. He believed in God but would not believe God

B. He brought an offering but denied the Blood

C. He let his hate turn into murder.

III. ACHAN SOLD OUT THROUGH COVETNESS

Joshua 7:21 KJV (WS)

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

A. He sold out for Gold and Silver

B. He tried to hide it.

C. He caused defeat in the Battle

IV. KING SAUL SOLD OUT FOR A HERD OF CATTLE AND A FLOCK OF SHEEP

1 Samuel 15:14 KJV (WS)

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

A. Saul thought Samuel would never find it out

B. Verse 22—“Behold to obey is better than sacrifice.”

C. Verse 26—“The Lord rejected Him.”

V. KING SOLOMON SOLD OUT FOR THE VANITIES OF THIS WORLD

Ecclesiastes 1:2 KJV (WS)

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

A. Wine

B. Woman

C. Song

VI. PILATE SOLD OUT FOR WORLDLY PRESTIGE

Matthew 27:24 KJV (WS)

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

A. He listened to the crowd

B. He tried to wash his hands of Jesus

C. He took the easy way out

VII. THANK GOD, THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE WHO WOULD NOT SELL OUT

A. Naboth

B. Daniel

C. Three Hebrew Children