by avministry | Sep 18, 2022 | Sermons
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Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
Luke 6:47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will
show you whom he is like:
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation
on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against
that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.
Luke 6:49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on
the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and
immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
The Johnstown Flood resulted in the largest non-military loss of life in U.S. history,
surpassed only by the Galveston Hurricane in 1900 and the September 11 attacks
on New York City.
I. THE PROBLEM: TRUST AND OBEY, THERE’S NO OTHER WAY.
Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
John 8:31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My
word, you are My disciples indeed.
Jeff O’Hara wrote,
Why call Me Lord, Lord and do not the things I say?
You call Me the Way and walk Me not!
You call Me the Life and live Me not!
You call Me Master and obey Me not!
If I condemn you blame Me not.
You call Me Bread and eat Me not!
You call Me Truth and believe Me not!
You call Me Lord and serve Me not!
If I condemn you blame Me not.
II. THE PRINCIPLE: HEARING AND DOING.
Luke 6:47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will
show you whom he is like:
Truth plus obedience equals a rock-solid foundation.
Acts 20:32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His
grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all
those who are sanctified.
III. THE PLAN: BUILDING A HOUSE, BUILDING A LIFE.
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, …
Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
IV. THE PRIORITY: FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION.
Luke 6:48 “… building a house … and laid the foundation on the rock …”
1 Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is
Jesus Christ.
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.
V. THE PREPARATION: DIGGING DEEP.
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation
on the rock.
Arthur Pink who once said, “There are some who say they are saved before they
ever have any sense they are lost.”
VI. THE PUNISHMENT: NO FOUNDATION, THEY ALL FALL DOWN
Luke 6:49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on
the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and
immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
Matthew 7:26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do
them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
Matthew 7:27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and
beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Romans 2:11 For there is no partiality with God.
Matthew 5:45 “…. He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends
rain on the just and on the unjust.
Lyrics “Two Sets of Jones'”
And the rain came down,
And it blew the four walls down
And the clouds they rolled away,
One set of Jones’ was standing that day.
So what is the point of this story,
What am I trying to say?
Is your life built on the Rock of Christ Jesus,
Or a sandy foundation you’ve managed to lay?
Hosea 10:12 “… Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.”
Acts 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire,
a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Matthew 12:34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things?
Matthew 23:33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation
of hell?
III. A WARNING OF THE WRATH TO COME.
Matthew 3:7 “… Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
accursed…
Psalm 7:11 God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which
burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
IV. THE FRUIT OF REPENTANCE: A CHANGED LIFE.
Matthew 3:8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,
Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Luke 3:10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”
Luke 3:11 He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to
him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
Luke 3:12 Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher,
what shall we do?”
Luke 3:13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
Luke 3:14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”
So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content
with your wages.”
Salvation is always present tense.
It’s not past tense —-
It’s not about something we once did that has no bearing upon what we do now.
V. THE ROCK SHOW: RAISING UP CHILDREN FROM STONES.
Matthew 3:9 And do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our
father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from
these stones.
There was an old song “Hearts of stone.”
Hearts made of stone
Will never break,
And the love you give,
It just won’t take.
Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
by avministry | Aug 21, 2022 | Sermons
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1 Samuel 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from
him and were dreadfully afraid.
1 Samuel 17:40 And he [David] took his staff in his hand, and chose him five
smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had,
even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
THE GIANTS WE HEAR CAN CAUSE US TO FEAR
1 Samuel 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,
they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
THE GIANTS WE SEE CAN CAUSE US TO FEAR
1 Samuel 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him
and were dreadfully afraid.
James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can
be against us?
1 Samuel 17:29 And David said, …”Is there not a cause?”
I. THERE’S NO NEED TO FEAR, UNDERDOG IS HERE!
1 Samuel 17:40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself
five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch
which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
2 Samuel 21:22 “These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by
the hand of David and by the hand of his servants”
1 Samuel 17:40 ” …five smooth stones from the brook … and his sling was in
his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
Historian Robert Dohrenwend writes, “Goliath had as much chance against David,
as any Bronze Age warrior with a sword would have had against an [opponent]
armed with a .45 automatic pistol.”
Judges 20:16 Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were
left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s breadth and not miss.
II. BIG TALK, NO ACTION!
1 Samuel 17:41 So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the
man who bore the shield went before him.
1 Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained
him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking.
1 Samuel 17:43 So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me
with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your
flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
III. THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’S.
1 Samuel 17:45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword,
with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of
hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
1 Samuel 17:46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike
you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the
camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth,
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save
with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our
hands.”
IV. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
1 Samuel 17:48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to
meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
1 Samuel 17:49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and
he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into
his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
1 Samuel 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone,
and struck the Philistine and killed him.
Psalm 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked]
every day.
Psalm 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and
made it ready.
Psalm 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
his arrows against the persecutors.
1 Corinthians 1:27 “… and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty.
Matthew 17:20 “… I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will
say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you.
V. CUTTING THE SNAKE’S HEAD OFF!
1 Samuel 17:50 “… But there was no sword in the hand of David.
1 Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword
and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And
when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
1 Samuel 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to
Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
Genesis 3:15 “… He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
2 Samuel 7:12 “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers,
I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will
establish his kingdom.
1 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom forever.
VI. FINDING OUR CHAMPION JESUS.
Ezekiel 34:24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince
among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
Luke 1:32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the
Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
1) One man David and one man Jesus fought for all.
2) Like David, Jesus stood in the middle.
3) David and Jesus disarmed and destroyed the devil once and for all.
4) Jesus fought the giants of “sin, law, death” for me, and won.
by avministry | Jul 17, 2022 | Sermons
John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
John 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every
branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you
desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be
My disciples.
I. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN THE WORD.
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you …
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
II. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN PRAYER.
John 15:7 “… You will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:16 “… that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.”
Prayer is how we talk to God and the Word of God is how God talks to us.
III. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN WORSHIP.
John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Hebrews 13:15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise
to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
Spiritually, Jesus is our food, our daily bread
John 6:57 “…so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.”
Jesus is our water, He’s our fountain of living water
John 4:14 “…the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water
springing up into everlasting life.”
Jesus is our air — His Spirit is the breath of our souls.
Acts 17:25 “… He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;
John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made
that was made.
Psalm 145:3 (NIV) Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
What is worship?
Worship is saying back to God what is true about Him as revealed by Him
Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
IV. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN FRUIT-BEARING.
John 15:2 ” … And every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear
more fruit.
John 15:8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be
My disciples.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints
and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1). We must allow the Lord to repair the hurts of the past.
2). Bitterness must be cut out.
3). Un-forgiveness must be trimmed off the branch.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
V. IF WE DON’T ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL NOT STAY FAITHFUL.
John 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Matthew 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
Matthew 7:23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been
of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be
made manifest, that none of them were of us.
