SUBJECT- - ----------------- SCRIPTURE READIN,.,,_ CLASSIFICATION: --EXPOSITORY --BIOGRAPHICAL --TEXTUAL ---TOPICAL -----DEVOTIONAL DELIVERIES: Date Hour Place Results and Comments: 2/15/53 12/12/54 Calvary 10/15/56 9/29/57 First Baptist 9/29/63 First Baptist 10/13/63 First Baptist 8/1/65 First Baptist 8/18/68 Breck., Gainesville Gainesville Chickasha, Okla. Yukon Ponca City, Okla. Ponca City, Okla. X XXX++ 1 letter BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACRCBS THE RADIO, 'rj:irough TErnVIS ION COMES FROM TO OF A SHIP, OR A BEING SAT BREATHIESSLY BY AS FATE OF TWO LOS'r IN FLOOR OF A HUNG IN THE ENTIRE t]a.tion REJOICED THAT THE TWO l>en HAD BE N LIFTED 300 FEET FROM THE FLOOR OF MINE T 0 EARTH I S SURF ACE A HORRIFYING Bur IN, m a OF II LOST II GO.Es EVEN, JESUS SAID IN 18:11, "FOR THE SON THAT WH ICH 11 11 JUST WHAT DOES HE IS BY TO SAVE WORD 11 IDST?" WHAT TH, s word TO TODAY? - Isa. 26 :3 "Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. 11 1. e o h s ati. E - Deut. 28 :67 "In the morni ng thou shalt say, Would God it were evenl and at even thou shalt say, "Would God it were morning!" (1) Which brings unrest within --Isa. 57 :20-21 "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no sait h my God, to the wicked. 11 (2) Which brings di scord without --Isa. 59 :8b "They have made them crooked paths : whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. " 2. Christ --Phil. "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds CHRIST JESUS. 11 (1 ) alone can bring peace between you and God This is the basic proqlem of your unrest (2) Whose death removes the fear of hell II. JOYS - Isa. 51;11 "Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion; and shal l be upon their heads : they shall obtain gl adness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee 1. Bee ass 6 :25b unto you that laugh for ye shall mourn and
When the novelty of sin wears off (2 ) When consci ence finally comes alive 2. C t n bide --Rom. 15:13 the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. 11 (1) The joy of forgiven sins (2) The joy of pleasing God (3) The joy of living the best possible life (4) The j oy of a Christian home (5) The joy of others about Jesus --Isa. 12 :3 "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells Of salvation. II III. INFLUENCE to the cause of Christ) --Gen. 19:14 "And Lot went out and spake unto his But he seemed as one that mocked unto his 1. Which ma be conscience influence : The enemies o e o from to disturbing t he themto reject the Gospel (1) That intimidates others o would follow Paul people, influencing (2) That sets t he wren (Parent & child) 2. Which ma influence - John 20 "Then went in also that other disciple. 11 How many souls will go to hell because you unconscieusly influenced them in that direction? many are ALREADY THERE? - Matt. 16:25 "For whosoever will save his life shall loose it. " 1..ermanent value - Mar k "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and his soul?11 - ~ : is It is what you have l eft over after having t he necessary expenses i nvolved. in The expense in sin is your entire l ife- there is no profit left when this expense is deducted. (1) Which makes life meaningful here (2) Which survives the grave 2. Because i t made no abidin contribution others 1ving another a home, education, financial security, status, culture, a goof f amily name is not to give t hem an abiding contribution. But to share Christ with t hem is indeed abiding--forever!
V. - Rev. 20:15 whosoever was not found wriiren in the book of life cast into the lake of fire. 11 1. life oe-e on forever -Isa. of hell as a place worm shall not die, neither shall their f ire be quenched. " --Matt. Jesus speaks of t hose "shall go away intoeverlasting punishment. " 2. et is ceaseles experience Because of the memory of unbelief Because of the desire to have chance Because of endless time to re-evaluate life's true values Some years ago there came to Los Angeles a socalled fly. 11 It announced that on a given day he would up the face of one of the large department store buildings, and long before the appointed thousands of eager spectators were gathered to see him perform the seemingly impossible feat. and carefully he mounted aloft, now clingi ng to a window ledge, anon to a jutt ing brick, again to a cornice. Up, Up he went, against apparently insurmountable difficulties. At last he was nearing the top. He was seen to feel to right and Ieft and above his head forl something firm enough to support Soon he seemed to spy what looked like a grey bit of stone or discolored brick protruding from the smooth wall. He reached for it, but it was just beyond He ventured all on a spring- like movement, grasped the nrotruding object, and before t he horrified eyes of the spectators,fell to the and died. In his dead hand was found a spider's web! What he mistook for a t urned out to be mothing but dried froth! He had made one glaring misevaluation and was 3. far in full C is a 11
I t lning OF II LOST" USED: Calvary, Breck., 12/12/54 (XXlC) Calvary, Gainesville 10/15/56 (X) Tabernacle, Gainesville 9/29/57 (XX*) First, Chickasha, Oklahoma 9/29/63 tf..j,,{xx-t_j p_g,l : c..,..,y I McBride