EvangelisticPreaching 10691517
EvangelisticPreaching 10691517
EvangelisticPreaching 10691517
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19 3 1
E v an g e l i s t i c p r e ac h i ng
W ith S erm o n O u tl in es an d Tal ks
to C h il d ren an d Y o u n g P e o pl e
By
O ' O RA S . D AV I S
r esiden t Ck zcag o Tlzeolog ical Sem in ary
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NE W Y O RK C HI C A G O
F le m i n g H . R e v e l' C o m pa n y
L O ND O N A ND E D I N B U R G ll -
Op rl 1 6 1 .
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.
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a ern oster Square
Edinb urgh : 75 P rin ces Street
P re fa ce
‘H E Ch r i s tian Chu r ch in the mod ern
O S D . . .
P A RT I
T H E TH E O RY O F E V A N G E L I ST I C
P RE A C H I N G
P A RT I I
A P RO G RA M O F E V A N G E L I S TI C P RE A C H
I NG , WIT H S E RM O N O UT L INE S
P A RT III
TA L KS To C H I L D RE N A ND Y O UNG
P EOP L E
P A RT IV
S P E CIA L G A T H E RI NG S
P A RT I
T heo ry f E va n gelistic
o
P rea c hi n g
TH E G OO D N E W S A N D I TS
P U B L I CA TI O N
O
NG E up on a time the r e b r ok e up on the
yea r ning ea r o f humanity a me s sag e that
wa s so tim e ly so a ss u r i n g so co mf o r ting
, ,
”
that it w a s well named the goo d ne ws It w a s .
derf u l me ss age .
evangeli z e . Th e n f ro m anoth er s o u r ce ou r ,
”
ow n A ngl o Sa xon
-
came th e w o r d
, go spel ,
”
go o d ne ws .
men are the r e and the w omen and the little chil
d r en They a r e s t r ai n ing thei r eyes a s th e y w atch
.
m e an to th e waiting peopl e ; so h e s pa r e s n o e n er gy
to tell them the good n ews .
”
gel or th e good news Th e Ch r i s tian p re ache r
,
.
j y
o ab o ut it . Th e m ess age i s s u r e t o s et th e b e ll s
r inging I f the m es seng er i s so e nthu s ia stic a bo u t
.
n ot s u r p r i se d We would b e su rp r i se d i f h e did
.
w ith j oy '
Thi s i s the e a r li es t and th e m os t vital c ont e nt
o f th e w o r d But th e yea rs go by The m es sag e
. .
” ”
these great w o r ds go spel ev angelize an d
, ,
th e r o ad h o ping to s ee the l ov e d fi gu re o f th e re
tu r ning p r o digal But the boy n e ed e d to b e
.
hi s animal s ; he w o rk s ha r d er and so g e t s a la r g er
re tu r n f r om hi s fa rm ; goo d will i s s om e thing that
e v e n th e fi eld s and fl ock s und ers tand Then a ne w
.
p e l at w o r k in th e w ors t m o r al c onditi on s o f a
g re at cit y and it w ill t r an s f o r m vilene ss int o b e auty .
t i on w r ought o u t in c on c r e t e f o r m s o f mutual
a id .
is o lated ac t It is c arried on as a pa rt o f an o r de r
.
c r iti c ism and dispa ra gem ent ; but the fi nal verdict
always ha s been in fav o u r o f p r ea ching .
”
dividu als knowing that the tw o meth od s are th e
,
c o nfi r ma ti o n i n li fe to av a il in exte n di ng the
,
things which I s a y ?
zz
P R EA CH I N G A N D TH E P RE A CH E R 23
”
p os itiv e t es tim ony Tu rn to th e ser m on o f
.
n ot be ba s ed on t es tim o ny Hi s c on s ci ousness o f
.
p rov ed i t
. We o fte n a sk why so m an y serm o n s
seem to be weak i n t heir app e a l an d why a mi ni s t er
is s ometi m e s l anguid in h i s w o rk It is p r ima r i ly
.
”
to te ach . We shall di s cuss thi s m or e fully in
Ch ap ter V .
mains o f th e i r w or d s and w o r k It i s e a s y to di s
.
”
h e a r t : f or they s hall see G od We cannot pe r
.
tened h a rm ony .
Th e G o s p e l ha s s omething to do in th e li f e and f or
the cha r acte r o f the p re ache r him s el f b e f o re h e is
pr epa r ed to do hi s be s t w o r k in th e publicati on o f
th e good ne ws a s th e m ess eng er o f hi s M a s t er .
”
'
meth o d s w ill be utte r ly futil e N othi n g can .
D o we b e lieve it ? Th e d o ct o r t r u s t s hi s re m e dy .
”
'
p ower o f G od Whe n h e r eache s that p o i n t
.
35
36 E VA N G E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
gl o r y o f f or nece ss ity i s l a id up on me ; f or w o e is
unto m e i f I p re ach not the gospel
, ( 1 C o r .
9 :
and w o rk .
f oll ow ing :
I M P RE SSI O N A ND E XP RE SSI O N 41
pel s e r m on mu s t n ot b e r em ote f r om li fe ; it mu s t
make vital c onn e cti on w ith th e r eal w o r ld w he re
the pe ople think and w or k P r eaching ha s be e n
.
b e changed .
Th e n th e G os p e l as a m ess ag e o f n ew li f e mu s t
b e p rese nt e d in s uch a w ay that it w ill n ot b e u n
r ea s onabl e I t mu s t b e clea r and appealing and
.
”
pulpit or all ov er G o d s heaven w ith th e id e a
’
,
e a sy to frigh t en or w oo men an d w om en to d a y by -
”
o f the b o dy o f Ch r i s t A n d when we r ead th o se
.
—
Chu r ch leade rs and j u s t n ow w e a re thinking o f
—
the p r eache r preé m in en tly ar e to w o rk to mak e
the memb ers able to do th e service o f th e com m u
n ity in o r de r that th e r eby th e g r eat fell o w s hip o f
iz ed by th e c on s ci ou s n e s s o f hi s w o n de r ful and h o ly
ta s k i s the chie f s ingle age n t in the w h ole b o dy
,
E V E RY P REA CH E R A N EVANG EL I ST
ROM gli m pses w e gain o f the e ar ly
th e
Christia n Ch u r ch it seem s th at t he r e a re
s ever a l cl a sses O f recogn ized le a ders a m ong
,
W h o m a re ev an gel i s t s an d p a s t o rs an d
”
teachers . A l s o w e kn o w th a t th e dis t i n c t i on b e
twee n th e tr avelli n g missi onary a n d the e s tab
lish ed pa s t o r h a s bee n r e c o gni z ed an d r eali z ed
wi th va rying e mpha s i s th r ough th e hi s tory o f th e
Chur ch .
48
E VE R Y P R EA CH E R A N E VA NG E LI ST 49
o f hi s mini s t r y .
lea s t by hi s offi ci a l bo a r d s O n e o f th e s ou r c es o f .
te r min e th e chu r ch p r og r am .
g e n er al ma k e s a ca ref u l pl an an d e v ery a r my w h e e l s
Th e Ch u r ch m u st b e a s w i se in it s gre at er ta sk
'
f o r th e e t er niti e s a s a re m e n in th e chall e n ge th ey
f ac e f o r b u sin ess o r b attl e M achinery w ith ou t .
ery is wa s t ed I t c l a r i fie s a m an s vi si on an d fires
.
’
H e m u st kn o w how to u tili ze an d hu sb an d e v e ry
fra gm e nt o f tim e and en ergy o f hi s pe opl e that n o th
in g b e l o st H is fl o ck w ill hav e u n b ou n ded re sp e ct
.
f o r a pa st o r w h o ta ke s tim e by th e f o re l o ck an d lays
ou t h is w o rk b ef o r e th e r u sh o f th e se a so n is u p o n
P R O G R A M O F P A R I S H EV A N G E L I SM i s published
by the Congregation al Commissio n on E v an g elism ,
2 8 7 F o u r th A v e nu e N ew Y o r k and may be s e , ,
S ep t em b er—D e cem b er
1 . A M e e ti n g o f th e Ch u r ch E v an g e li sti c Co m m itt ee
To f ac e th e w h o l e y ear s w o rk o f t h e ch u rch an d t o
’
m ap
’
out a y e ar s p ro g ram .
2 . hu ch R alli s : T o b i g th e ch u ch a d its w o k
C r e r n r n r
t o th a tt ti e f all th p
en on pl e o e eo .
3 P a i h V i it ati o : T
. r s l o cat a d e li t p o ssi b l e
s n o e n n s
att da t s a d adh e
en n t o f th ch u ch a d it o g a
n ren s e r n s r n
Iz at s lo n .
4 F al l R ecep ti o
.
of m e m b e s at th e N ov e m b e r
n r
Co m m u i o n n .
Jan u ar —
y E ast er
1 Th e P
. a hi g o f f re d am e t als
c n un n .
2 A. I v it ati n C o m m it t
n : T o st dy th e b e t
on ee u s
m e th o d o f w i i g d i i
s f o C h i t a d to w o k
nn n e c s on s r r s n r
uo u sl y w i th th e
co t n in
p ast o to se cu e n ew m em b e s r r r .
56 E V A NG E L I STI C P R E A CH I NG
4 T h e L en t e n P ray e r C ale n d ar : E x t e n d ed u se o f
.
Th e F e llo w sh p o f P ray e r i
in p r a t e d ev o o n s, at iv ti
the f i t
a m ly al ar, in p ray e r c rc e s an d in t h e w o rk o f i l
t h e C h u rc h .
5 H o ly W e ek Ser ce s
. vi .
6 T h e E a st e r I n g a h e r n g : T h e recep o n o f n ew
. t i ti
m e m b ers a t th e C o m m u n o n Se r ic e on o r n ear E as e r i v t .
A ft er E as t er C o n serv a ion t
1 . Con ti n u at io n P la
T o c o n n u e e an g e s c e n
ns: ti v li ti
d eav o u r s in sp e c ial g ro u p s t o C h ld r en s Su n day , M o h e r s
’
i t ’
S u n d ay o r P e n t eco s t Su n d ay , an d t o e n s n ew m e m b ers li t
it
in d e fi n e t ask s o f C h r s t an se rv ice i i .
2 t
A b se n e e C am p a ig n : T h e lo c a n g an d re cla m in g
. ti i
t
o f ab se n e e m e m b e r s w h o ar e n g in t h e c o m m u n ty livi i
o f t h e C h u rc h t h o u g h h o d n g m e m b e rsh l i
p in ch u rch e s i
l
e sew h e r e .
p li sh it s mi s si o n i n the c o mmunit y .
to o h a rd an d n o c o n fide n ce is to o great to pu t i nt o
the gl o ri ou s w o rk o f p r e a chi ng t he G os p el to a
c o m mu n ity ei t her i n the m o s t f av o ured se c ti on o f
A meri ca o r i n the heart o f d a rkest he athe n d o m .
f ac t th a t tw o a n d tw o e qu a ls f o u r o r that Colu m bu s
,
h om e .
”
ev angeli s tic se rm on m u st be em oti o na l p r i ma
rily a nd so make it s great a ppe a l to th e feeli n gs .
e
x cit e d ab out I f it i s th e g r eate s t me ss age that
.
—
e ve r has been given to the w o r ld and it i s then —
th e man w h o kno ws that m ess age fully cann ot tell
his c om r ad es ab out it w ith an unimpa ss i oned mind
and manner Th e p re ache r s impl y mu s t th r ow
.
72 EV A NG EL ISTI C P R E A CH I N G
d on e his bes t he m u st w a it an d pr a y an d ex p e c t t e
su lts in G o d s o w n time an d w a y We ar e respon
’
.
ing G o s p e l .
appa r ent .
Th e qu es ti on i s o ft e n a s k e d Why n ot re tu rn to
,
78
TH E O R G A N I' I N G P R I NC I P L E 79
, ,
.
,
”
ce rtain s u ggestive s eed th oughts which a r e de
,
i s u s ed in the meeti n g .
N th e ba s i s o f w hat ha s b e en s aid in th e
p re c e ding chapt ers we n ow unde r tak e to
se t f or th thi r ty tw o text s and s ubj ect s
-
W at is e G p
h th o s el? The w o r d h a s been u s ed so
l on g that it s firs t clea r cut meaning h a s bee n w o rn
-
day ( 2 d ed N ew Y o rk : Sc r ibne r s
’
.
,
Ch r i s t
SE RM ON O UTL INE S 95
, , ,
0 p erfe ct l i fe in p erfe ct l a b ou r wr it ,
O f in fere nc e l oo se wh at l ac k o f gr ac e
,
Th e M an o f Naz aret h
B ehold, the m an ' ( J oh n 1 9:
A n ex c l am ati on o f c ont e mpt be c om es t he h i ghes t
t ri bu t e th at c ould be gi v e n to a h u man be ing Jesus .
c om ra des o r H is Cau se It co s t H im l ab ou r an d
, .
so ca ll ed
-
B e atit u des a re th e a ss u rances o f happi
n e ss ; an d Jesus re a l i zed a ll o f th e m in H is o w n l i fe
p os iti on th at wh at H e s ai d i s t rue an d th at i t i s de
98 EV A NG E L I STI C P R EA CH IN G
A pt n ess in teachi n g .
Th e G reat T e ach er
A nd ev ery day he w as teachin g in the temple .
SE RM ON O UTL I NE S 99
Th m e hod
e t — Jes u s u sed h om ely fi gures an d Si mp le
s to r i es to exp ress t ru th H e d i d n ot giv e de tai led
.
on e .
S E RM O N TH R E E
thou gh ts pr ocee d ( M a rk 7 :
Jesus went to th e root o f th e mo ral an d Spi r it u a l
l i fe in H is t eaching H is claim wa s a sser t ed u p on
.
—
The old law dealt w ith acti on s ; Jes u s w ith th e ,
tr an sf o rm ed li fe ; th e P ha r i sees a c on f o rm ed li fe
, .
bou n d to w in ou r b att le .
S E RM O N F O U R
The pu r p o s e o f the f o u r th se r m on i s to p rese nt
th e claim o f J e s us the M an Teache r and M or al ,
M a s te r up o n u s
. It i s taken f o r g r ant e d that we
canno t c om e int o the p r e se nce o f s uch a cha r acte r
w ith out fe e ling the demand that it make s up on u s
and d e si r ing to resp o nd to the upwa r d pull o f it .
ow n s pi r itual r es ou r ce s .
( J oh n
Al bert S
‘
J ou
. thou se,
The M akin g f
o Simon P eter, p H
. .
1 06 EVA NG E L I STI O P RE A CH I NG
S E RM O N F I V E
We must n ow sh ow in wh a t w ay s it i s p oss ible to
e stablish vital r el a ti ons with Ch r ist wh o m we ,
The M t
as e r s
’
M ti
o ve O ur M t
as e r M o ti ve
S E RM O N S I X
We n ow r each the p o i n t a t which w e must b r ing
o u t the distin c tive item o f faith th a t rests u p on
C h rist th e O b j ec t of L o v e an d F th
ai
ceiv in g the e n d o
f y ou r f ai th ev en the s alv
, at ion of
y ou r s ou l
s ( 1 P et I 8 .
,
kn e w an d t ru s t ed i s s til l th e obj e ct
,
of love and faith
an d th e s ou r c e o f ou r sa lvati on .
wh en H e wa s l iving on e a r th H e mu s t b e s til l in H is
e t erna l li fe T h erefore H e i s s till th e hi gh es t obj e ct
.
w ith H im .
ab ou t H im ; th ey y i elded th e i r l iv es to H im The u n .
, ,
SE RM O N O UTL I NE S 1 15
but a Savi ou r .
”
the en d o f the wo rld I i n the m an d thou i n m e
.
, ,
”
th at they ma y be p erfe ct ed i nt o on e This w a s more .
th e i r de ath .
S E RM O N E I G HT
We have p roceeded thus fa r to p re sent Ch r i s t a s
the o n e living L o r d a nd M a s te r since He i s the
,
F o r th e go od th ey c omp re h e n d n ot ,
A n d a re li f t ed u p an d s t re n gth e n ed
L i s t e n to thi s s impl e s t o ry ,
”
T o th i s Son g o f H ia watha '
R elig ion I n ev it ab le
-
s p ou se to G o d I t i s a pa r t o f e v ery n orma l l i fe It
. .
ex i s t s wh en e v er G od i s ma de a c on s ci ou s f acto r in
o n e s e nv i r onm e nt It is a c ommu n i on w ith the
’
.
D ivin e .
e v e nt s bu t th e regi s t er o f G od s p u rp o se f or ou r ’
sp e a k in
g to ou r ye a rn i ng an d an swer in g s pi ri t s .
S E RM O N O U TL I NE S 119
H ow shall w e an sw er G od s v oice ?
’
—F
i rs t by seek
,
”
kn owledge . I t is l i ke a m us ician le a r ning to ma s t er
h i s i n s t r u m e nt ; on ly a s he p r actic es c on s tant ly an d
g ives h im self u p to t he a r t t h at he i s seek in g to
w ay to s eek G o d s f ac e i s to y i eld ou r l iv es to th e
’
life.
S E RM O N NI N E
It i s appa re nt that n o r eligi on can be s ati s fact o r y
o r endu r ing that d o es n ot r e s t up o n a clea r idea o f
p e r ien ce m o r
, al a nd spiritu a l ex p e r ience n o t o f , ,
” 1
c omprehensible gr ounds .
1
A lbert P F i tch Can the Chu rch Su viv e in the Changing
.
,
r
Order ? 192 0 , p 66
. .
12 2 E VA N G EL I STI C P RE A CH I N G
exacting re qu i re me nt s o f t h e Se rm on on th e M ount
an d th e G olde n Ru l e .
o u r s in s ; H e l o v es u s o u t o f ou r s in s ; H e l o v es u s
o f ou r h e a r t s G od i s th e chi ef f act or in ou r su r
.
a l l th i s to us O u r hi gh es t nam e f o r G od i s the
.
'
”
G o d an d F ath er o f ou r L o rd Jesus Chr i s t .
S E R M O N TE N
G od .
S in is d s ru c n
e t tio — Su ch a se l fis h an d d i s ob ed i e nt
m otiv e de st roys al l th e fi n er re sp on ses an d p ower s o f
th e h uman spi r it I t c r ipp le s ou r o w n l oyalty to th e
.
es cap e ?
S E RM O N E L E V E N
No w we a r e r e a dy f o r the full public a ti on o f the
good news th a t th ere is a w a y i n whi ch ma n wh o se ,
si n h a s su n de r ed hi m fr om G od ma y be br ought ,
A n d th e gr ea te s t t r uth th a t e ve r h as b ee n given to
humanity is pe r f e ctly en s h r in e d in it .
G o od N ew s
Th i s is
many int erp re tati on s o f th e G os
on e o f
”
p el . Th e m e aning o f thi s w ord ha s be c om e so
f rayed an d wo r n that its e a r l y m e an ing i s a l m o st
gon e To it s e a rly u ser s it w a s a k in d ling an d h ol y
.
G od an d man ,
su n d er ed throu gh sin, may be recon
ciled — G . d s l ov e i s s t rong e n ou gh to fi n d a way to
o
’
H im a l on e i s th e w ay to a n ew li fe That way i s .
f o r ch an ges in c ondu ct T h u s th e ru in o f si n is re
.
P arab le o f th e S o ils
by c ul t iv at i n g ima ginati on an d vi si on .
The pr o ccu p d m in d
e i e — L ike the so i l f u ll o f th e
,
whi ch ca u se it to s p r in g i nt o l i fe T he G o s p el t en ds
.
S E R M O N T HI RT E E N
The r ight res p on se o f the m i n d to whi ch the
G o spel i s a ddressed is t he ac t wh ich we c o mm on ly
g iv e the nam e repe ntanc e A t th i s p o in t in the
.
A N ew M in d
( R om .
is it ?
g r ac ed R e p
. e ntanc e s o m e tim es go es n o dee p er t h an
thi s No l a s ting change re su l t s I t i s c owa rdly
. . .
e n ough .
s a ry pa r t o f re p entanc e ; b u t it is n ot th e r oot of i t .
a n ew m in d th at is a c omp le t e c h an ge i n t he fund a
,
G d s g d ss
o
’
o o n e le d
a s us to re
p en tan ce — We a r e
n ot fr i gh t e n ed o r f o r c ed i nt o this n ew w a y o f livi n g .
th at makes us good .
S E R M O N F O U RT E E N
We f oll o w up in ser m on f ou r teen th e cent r al
idea in the di s cu s si o n o f r epentance namely that , ,
to Ch r ist ,
wh os e s e rvi c e i s p er fect f r eed om .
” ”
by a ll means a n swered A grippin u s
,
Well but
.
, ,
138 EVA NG EL ISTI C P RE A CH I N G
se lv e s u p to H im in th e j oy an d de v o ti on o f a p er
i
of Chr s t — Wo rd s a re e a s i ly sp oken I t is n ot d i f
.
What d i d H e s ay ab ou t th e cultivati on o f ou r p er
s ona l cha ract er ; ou r d aily de alings w ith m en ou r '
in th ese an d o th er resp e ct s ?
S E R M O N F I F TE E N
F ewr eligi ous ide a s are m o r e c on stantly misused
th an the c onc e p ti o n o f f a ith It is c omm on ly
.
”
faith o f a transacti o n This g re at p r eache r set
.
'
”
f a i th the fai t h o f a t r a ns ac ti on
,
.
F th
ai T ha t Sav e s
B y grace hav e ye b een sav ed throu gh faith ( E ph .
‘
S erm ons f or the N ew L if e p 94
’
. .
,
1 42 E VA NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
S E RM O N SI XTE E N
In th e s ixteenth s e rm on we c om e to the matte r
o f an open c onfe s si on o f allegi a nce o r l o y a lty to
t hr ough the f a ct th a t J e s u s h a s a cl a i m up on u s
whi ch w e simply cannot ignor e o r de c l i ne to con
sider It h a s been put in the f oll owi n g w a y by
.
'
The m o r e we c andidly keep ou r heart s a nd
minds and c on s ci en ce s O p en to the im p ressi on th a t
even an hist o r ic a l a ppreci a ti on o f the f a ct o f Chr i st
make s up on them the m o r e d oes that i mp ressi on
,
distu rbed —
The que s ti on appa r ently so i n no
.
T ru e t o th e C o lo u rs
E v ery on e theref or e w h o f
shall con ess m e before
m en him w ill I
,
also con ess f bef ore my F ather w ho
is in heav en ( M att 1 0 :
.
O p e n l oy a l t y is a p r act i ca l t es t o f l o v e O u r con
.
specte d We m u st p r ov e o u r l oyal ty to Ch r i st by
.
Je su s c omman ds ou t o f l oyal ty to H im we a re t ru e
to th e c ol o u rs T h e n we c on fir m ou r l oya l ty by th e
.
i n Chin a in 1 9 1 1 w he n he w a s on ly twe n ty si x -
'
We have sh own ou rs elve s unw or th y o f th e
g r eat t r u s t laid up on us b y ou r E mpe r or We .
T h e Ch r i st ian I d eal of L if e
A n d this I pray that you r lov e m ay abou nd ye t
,
lory an d praise of G od ( P h i l
g .
p ers on s ; l ov e at th e c o s t o f se rv ic e an d s ac rifi c e .
M an chu ria .
1 48 E VA NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
o th er. T h e s u res t w ay to kn o w i s to l ov e ; th e be st
w ay to l o v e i s to u se in si ght an d w i sdom L ov e is .
r i i
B n g n g glory an d praise to G d o — The Ch r i s t i an
l i fe does n o t seek it s ow n honou r an d p ra ise al one ; i t
see k s to y i e ld h on ou r to G o d I f th i s i s ach i e ved our
.
SE R M O N E IG
H TE E N
Chri stian s a lvati on h as been regar ded a s th e
putting o f a w a rrant int o on e s hand s by which h e ’
15 0 EVA NG EL ISTI C P RE A CH I NG
In these s e rm on s w e h av e n ot dwelt up on th e
matt er o f Ch r istian nu rtu r e in childh ood h aving i n ,
L or d .
G row in g a S o ul
Th e Ch r i s tian li fe l i ke a l l li fe i s s ub j e ct to th e
, ,
g r ac e an d th e kn owl edge o f Ch r i s t .
G r o i
w n o a d p r kn ow ledge of Chr s t
t e e e i — Read ,
,
19 2 0, p 93
. .
SE RM ON OU TL IN ES 151
o f Chr i s tian s n ow .
S E R M O N NI NE TE E N
The r e ha s been endle ss discus s i o n e s peciall y
w ithin th e pa s t gene r ati o n c once rning the individ
ual and s ocial a s pects o f the G o s pel O n the on e .
”
the w orld ab out the Ki n gd om ideal . D r G illie s.
”
r ight with G od .
m ent I t in s i s t s u p on th e s up rem e w or th o f th e
.
o f serv ic e to o th e rs .
S E RM O N TW E NTY
Th e id e a w hich we a re to b r ing out in ser mon
t w enty i s that th e Ch r i s tian li f e i s a beauti ful ha r
m ony o f s inging vi r tue s a ch o r u s o f qualiti es
,
ha s s om e time s b ee n re ga r d e d a s a s t er n and u n
l ovely expe r ienc e ; but it i s th e c ont r a r y Th e .
N ow s tudy th e a ss embling o f th e Ch r i s ti an v ir
tue s. Thi s is o n e o f the highe s t p r ivil e ges that can
c ome to u s We a r e giv e n the duty o f calling int o
.
T h e Ch oru s of t
Ch ris ian C h arac t er
Y an d this cau se addin g art all
ea, f or on y ou r p
dilige n ce, in y ou r faith su pply virtu e ; an d in y ou r v ir
tu e know ledge ; an d in your kn ow ledge self con trol; -
15 8 E VA NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
B r o t l
her y ki n dn es
.s — E v ery on e i s fi gh tin g a ha rd
b attle The s ou l s o f men n eed kin dness T ru e
. .
a s l ov e w i ll s h ow the m .
S E RM O N TWE NTY O NE -
”
admi r able ; as a man he i s m on s t ro u s
, .
The H ou se of M an s
’
S o ul
G od ? an d y e are n ot y ou r ow n ; f or ye w ere b ou gh t
w i th r i ce : lorify G od th eref or e in y ou r body
a p g
( C1o r 6
. : 1 9 ,
2 0 al so
; se e
we t re at ou r b od i es a s th e t empl e o f G od ?
Th e h o n ur w e p y
o a the t m ple
e — A s anct u a ry is
th e plac e w hich we h onou r b oth f o r it s ow n s ake an d
f o r that which re si des th ere T he b o dy i s th e Spi r it s
’
.
temptati on I S i n a r e a l s e n se a pr ivilege It is n o
, , .
e nable u s to me e t ou r te s t s as J esu s m e t Hi s .
t
T em p at io n —And G od
G od s p rt in
’
a ou r tes ts — A t th e m om e nt w h e n w e
seem n ea res t the p o in t o f bre aking G o d c om e s in
w ith h el p M illi on s o f w itn esses c onfirm thi s s tat e
.
th e h el p th ey n eeded We can re ly up on G od H e
. .
th e tri al .
S E R M O N T W E NT Y T H R E E -
p e ople in thi s se rm on .
it i s a u d i b l e c on s i s ting o f p r ai se an d a do rati on an d
,
”
th e Ch r i s tian li fe the vital bre ath an d nati ve
,
'
ai r o f Ch r i s tian exp er i e nc e .
P rayer an engi n e o
f a chiev em e n t — I t fi na
. lly
”
avai le th m u ch P r ayer d o es a c t u a lly get resul t s
. .
S E R M O N T W E NTY F O U R -
The priest — H is
. b u sin ess wa s th e rep re sentati on
an d a dmini st rati on o f re li gi on M er cy an d h elp f u l .
Opp o s it e s i de o f th e r oa d .
him .
S E R M O N T W E NT Y F I V E -
”
b ody a n d s oul .
c e nt r al fi gu r e .
T h e L iv in g C hurch
T he Ch u r ch is at t h i s m om e nt th e o rgani sm o r grou p ,
o f l ivin g p ers on s in w h o se d ai ly l i fe th e p u r po se o f
,
”
p o ints.
Ci ti z en s an d A thl t e es o f th e G o sp el
Th e m e anin g o f th e t ex t i s c l a r i fied by tw o fi g
ures : th e wo rd t ran sl at ed le t you r m ann er of life be
me an s l it er ally act as a citiz en ; the wo rd t ran sl at ed
SE RM O N O U TL I N ES 1 75
s triv ing f m e
or an s l it er a lly b ein
g an a th le te T o be .
ti
Ci z ns of the G o p
e s e l —Con sid e r th e rights or
.
du ties o f G o s p el c i ti ze n sh ip T hese a re m o re im
.
in g f or res ol u ti on an d f o r p ersis t e nc e
, , Co n s i der .
to w in h on ou r a bly H e l o ses in fi n e s p ir it a s a go od
.
’
athlete s de t er minat i on H e do es n ot giv e u p e v e n
.
a re ca lled f or by the G os p el .
1 76 EVA NG EL ISTI C P R E A CH I NG
S E R M O N T W E NT Y S E V E N -
pr ofit a bly.
1
R elig ion A m on g A m erican M en , pp 2 1 , 2 2
. .
SE RM O N O UTL I NE S 1 79
p ro ceed to unf old the fi rst text o f the five dev oted
to thi s p r ima r y Ch r istian d o ct r ine .
Th e G o sp e l o f th e Ki n g d o m
An d Jesu s w en t a b ou t in all G alilee, teachin g in
Kin gd om ( M att .
d o ct r in es an d du t ies h av e u s u rp ed it s p r ima ry p l ac e
an d c l aim Jesus exal t ed the re a l ity o f th e Ki n g
.
de v el opment .
i m i h K i d m — T hi s i s th e d ay
The re aff r n g f
o t e n g o
S E R M O N TW E NT Y E I G -
HT
We n ow p ass to a s tudy o f the c on diti ons on
which we may ente r the Kingd om o f G od It i s .
( M att.
1
The Chris tian A dv en ture, p 32 . .
SE RM O N O UTL I NE S 1 83
O bedien ce to G od s
’
w ill
.
-
l a ws o f the Kin g
T he
dom o f H ea ve n a re de t er m in ed by the w i ll o f G od ,
e nc e is an u nwel c om e p r op o s a l to a ll p rou d an d
self con sc i ous m e n They do n ot l i ke to s u b mit
-
S E R M O N TW E NTY NI N E -
te lligen t l o v e
. We a re n ot to l ov e b li n dl y or w ith
b i go t ed t e nacity. Ch r i st w in s th e app r o v al o f o u r
mind s a s we l l as o f ou r h e a r t s O u r w ill s m u st go
.
n e i ghb ou r a s we l ov e ou rsel ve s ; we m u st l ov e ou r
n e i ghb ou r in o rder to inc re a se o u r l o v e f o r ou r o w n
b es t se lv es ; we m u s t l o v e an d p er f e ct ou r b e st
se lv es in o rder to l ov e an d ser v e ou r n e i ghb ou r .
Th e G old n R u le
e — See M att 7 : 1 2 Su mm ed u p
. .
p rom ot e ou r hi gh es t we l fa re We w a n t j u st t re at
.
g re a t m o tiv e s o f li fe th at le a d to n ob le acti on a r e
S E R M O N T H I RTY
We n ow c ome to s tudy the rewa r d s and p er ma
nent satis facti o n s o f the Ch r i s ti a n li fe a s they a re
r eali z ed in the r elati onship s o f the Kingd om o f
G od .To o little has b ee n said ab out the du r able
gi fts o f this r el a ti o nship as they a ppea r in daily
li fe Th r ee o f them a r e to b e c onsid er ed ; but thes e
.
N ot o n ly w a s H e h ap py H im s el f but He shared
the h app i n ess o f o t hers He understood the f or .
”
t hat r ej o ice J esus e n tered int o the hap p i n ess o f
.
depend s up on G o d an d up o n the ki n d o f G od H e
,
w ho w ant to be happy .
S pirit ( Rom .
S E R M O N T HI RTY O NE -
pe r i sh es .
test i s l oyalty to th e M a s te r Ch r i s t .
t
L o yal y to th e K in g
Y e call m e Teacher ,
an d L ord ; an d y e say w ell;
f or s o I( J o hn
am
o f l oya l t y to Ch r i s t .
th e King s t ru th
’
.
f e et u ni o n be t wee n H is w o rds an d H is s pi r it ; b u t it
i s th e spi r it that i s sup rem e T hi s s pi r it a ls o c om es
.
spi r it
.
L oyalty to the K ng s P r
i e
’
son — E ither Jesus w a s
th e r i gh t ful Comm ander o f m e n s l iv e s o r H e w a s
’
li eve r.
”
a cti on a s the ethics o f a n etern a l being .
”
ete r n a l b e ing . We are n ot he r e a s c itizens o f
time o nly The w o rk that we do is n ot c a r ried on
.
So n s of t
th e R esurrec io n
S on s f
o G od, bein g f
son s o the resu rrection ( L uke
20 :
p er i l att e n d in g ou r bel i ef i n i mm o r ta l it y i s th at it
w i ll be imm o r ta l in ou r the or i es b u t de a d in ou r
lives The ur gent obl i gati on up on a ll Ch r i s tians i s
.
A l cts
l a h av e et ern al v alu e — No deed is s om e
thi ng s imp ly don e an d e n ded I t goes on f o rever .
g o o d bye -
EVA NG EL I STI C P RE A CH I NG
i
e t rn y
e t — We kn ow how sh or t th e span o f h u man
li fe on e a rth i s B u t th e res ou r c es o f e t ernity a re
.
P A RT of th e w or k o f th e p re ach er o r
evangeli s t in a chu r ch mi ss i on o r campai gn
will be c onc er ned with the child re n and
y oung pe o ple to wh om he w ill s eek to b r ing th e
,
I 99
2 00 EV A NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I N G
a n d y oung p e op le u n de r st a nd th o r oughly I t is .
w i ll e v erywh ere .
T A L K Two
L OY AL To C H RI S T A T H OM E
A n d he w en t d ow n w ith them an d cam e to N az a
'
,
o f Jesus is th e on ly on e t h at e v er will p r o du c e a
h appy h ome .
It i s so m u ch e a s i er to b e p ol i te at a pa r ty o r wh en
o th ers a re l ook in g on th an it i s to kee p f r o m q u ic k
an d t ry to bri ng it ou t Th i s t es t s ou r l oyal ty to
.
Chris t .
TA L K T H RE E
L OY AL To CH RI S T I N SCH OOL L I F E
G iv e diligen ce to presen t thy self approv ed u n to
ou r fr i e n ds p r o v e ou r l oy a l t y to the hi gh es t i de al s
,
TA L K F O U R
in g o f ou r cha r act er T o b e th e k in d o f a fr i e n d
.
h appy wh en ou r f r i en ds fi n d ou t th e b es t that i s in
us an d app re ciat e an d app ro v e it It e nc ou r ages u s .
a re fa u lt s in th e m we w il l give ou r fr i en ds th e ben e
fi t o f th e d ou b t .
g oo d ; so sh a ll w e .
TA L KS TO Y O U NG P EO P L E 2 07
ta ke them to pa r ti es gi ve th em r i des in ou r a u t o
,
TAL K F IV E
L O Y AL To C H RI S T IN P L AY
A n d if al m an con ten din the gam es, he is n ot
'
so a
”
cr ow n ed, ex ce pt he hav e con ten d ed law fu ll
y ( 2 T im .
2 :
”
Is sp o r t reli gi ous Is i t n ot w o rldly
'
? D oe s
b ein g loyal to Chr i s t h a ve any thi ng to do wi th th e
w ay we p l ay ?
be cause he kn ows th at he w on by an u n de t e ct ed t ri c k .
c omman d o f H im self H e n ev er le t go in fi t s o f .
so th at H e p referred an in d ivi du a l p l ay to a t e am
”
ciple o f the s ac r i fi c e b it wh ere an in d ivi du al
'
,
to th e t e am T o b le n d o u r ow n in t eres t s w i th th o se
.
TA L K SI X
L OY AL To C H RI S T IN D A I LY WO R K
Is n ot this the cara rk 6 :
p en ter ?
( M
Th e w ay in which we do o u r dai ly wo rk con
l oya l to Ch ri s t .
TA L K S E V E N
L O YA L To C H RI S T I N O UR P ER SO N AL E XA M P LE
L etm an d espise thy you th ; bu t be thou
no an
ca refu lly .
I n daily action . Wh at we
sp e aks l ouder than do
what w e s ay There is n o su ch th ing a s a t riv i al
.
on ly l i fe t h at i s w o rth wh i le I n t he en d o u r wo rth
.
TAL K E I G HT
L O YAL To C H RI ST I N P ER SO NA L H AB IT S
I do always the thin s that are
g pleasin g to him
(John 8:
2 12 E V A NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
l ay th e f ou ndati on s o f su cc ess an d a re th e s i gn o f
o u r re li gi on O nl y a few m e n an d w om e n su cc ee d
.
thing to be k in d ; b u t it i s on e o f th e n oble st o f
h ab it s I t m e an s that w e pu t ou rsel v es into th e
.
. .
th e p oo r ; H e gav e e v ery k in d o f ai d to th o se w h o
'
ou r l iv es f o r th e hi ghes t p u rp o se an d to h e lp o th ers
is su mm ed u p in o u r des i re to kn ow an d do G od s
’
i de a ls a re taken up an d ca rr i ed ou t by th e i r ch i ldren ,
d i d : le a rn in e v ery p o ss i ble w ay th e w i ll o f G od an d
th en make it the law o f ou r l i ves We kn ow wh at .
Spe c i a l G a the ri n gs
2 18 EVA NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
A ddresses f or M ns
n gs
e
’
M eeti
M E N S M E E T I NG I
’
,
B EING A A AN S JOB’
M AN 18 M
Watch y ,
e s tan d fast in the faith , qu it y ou like
”
m en be strong
, I Co r .
We hav e to F ight f or M an ho od Ch a r a ct er is n ot
.
Wi thou t i t th e figh t is l o s t at th e ou t se t O u r de .
s
enough ; we m u st ca rry ou t th e de ci s i on in a sp e ci fi c
p rogram o f ser vice D u ti es m u st b e a ssum ed and
.
en ce d P ati e nc e i s al so n e c ess a ry
. I t i s a man s .
’
M E N S M E E TI N G II
’
,
C H RI S T TH E H E L P ER or M EN
F or v eril
y n o t to an g els d oth he giv e help bu t he ,
”
giv e th h elp t o th e se ed of A braham ( H eb 2 : .
h e av e n B ut Ch r i s t is n ot remo t e from l i fe H e is
. .
o f d ai ly w o r k i s ha rd on th e fi n er t ex t ure o f the
g l ow i n g c oa ls o f a s pi r at i o n an d ye a rnin g in o u r
th em .
m e e t it .
M E N S M E E T I NG IV
’
,
ti ons
E vil S eed In this i nc lude s om e of the si n ful p ur
.
still gre at er f r a u d ; so b ef o re we k n o w it we a re
D ou b t o f G od s L ov e an d G oodn ess
’
We begin .
, , ,
agem en t a s we ll a s o f w a rning T he w ay to be .
W o m en s M eet in gs
F or
’
o th ers to kee p Of y ou T ry to fi n d th e go od an d th e
.
o f ha rd w o rk M a ry we nt b ack in h er m e m o ry an d
,
ou s m e m o ry an d a gre at i de a l to s tan d b y u s wh i le
n ot f a il her . H e did n ot
WO M E N S M E E T I NG
’
, II
O U R U T MO ST
She hath d on e w hat ark
she cou ld ( M
In t he h ouse o f Simo n o f B e th any a woman
an oi nt ed Jesus at the c o s t Of her chief tr e a su re .
a s mu ch ?
With ou r M on ey an d M aterial The p re c i ous .
a ll to Chr i s t A re we re a dy to s ac r i fi c e o u r p o sse s
.
si n s
o f o r K
the ingdom A re we h on es t an d ac
?
c ur at e s t ew ards O f G o d s gi f t s ? ’
With ou r Tim e T i m e is m on ey
. E ve ry m in .
s p e n d yes t erd a y f or H im ?
With ou r Thoughts The wo rld needs cle a r an d
.
al so think ab ou t Ch r i s t an d th e m eaning Of H is
m ess age f or th e wh ole o f l i fe What m e ntal con .
to c om e to Ch r i s t The K in gd om o f G o d cann ot b e
.
t o Ch r i s t G oo d w il l al on e w i ll mak e a n ew w or l d
. .
A re we giving th ese to H im ?
With ou r P erson al I nflu en ce E very on e po s .
WO M E N S M E E T I NG
’
, III
L E A K I NG CI S TER NS
F or my people hav e comm itted tw o evils : they
hav e forsaken me the fou n tain of living waters, and
,
2 30 EVA NG E L I STI C P REA CHI NG
k ee ping up of l i fe
is n e c es sary The sp irit
. G od .
WO M E N S M E E TI NG IV ’
,
T H E WA TER JA R B Y TH E WE LL CU RB
S o the w om an lef t her w aterpo t , an d w en t aw ay
”
in to the city ( J o hn
A woma n c am e from the vill age to J ac ob s well to ’
n ew s pi r it .
p ossible .
i
.
'
f e ren t j ob B u t i t m e an s to h ave a n ew f a i t h an d
.
h on ours us m os t wh e n H e s e t s us to doi ng th e
fami l ia r w ork i n H is s p iri t an d j oy Jus t a s a .
B i b l e T alk s
p os ito ry S e r m o ns f o r a,
s erm o n is m o re f o r mal
a nd i s given ge n e rally a s a part o f a n o rder o f
w o r ship whi ch a dds to it a cert a i n st a teli n ess
,
.
gathe r in an ev angelistic M i ss i on .
”
o u r p r a yers i s n ot to p r ay T he f o rm m u st b e
.
fellow m en a s if there we re n o G od A t th at m o .
me nt we h av e be c om e p ra c t ic a l athe i s t s .
B I B L E TA L K , II
A SONG OOD CO U RAGE
OF G
This is a s t udy o f P s a l m s 4 2 an d 4 3 f o r th e p a r
ticu lar p ur p o se o f see in g the w a y in wh ich the dis
cou raged s oul w in s i t s v i ct o ry o v er des pai r t hr ou gh
T e nnys on s Th e Tw o V oices
’
.
i t s en e mi es ri n g i n th e gl oomy s pi ri t s e a rs E ven ’
.
o th er ; b u t h op e h a s gain ed so m u ch t h at it begin s to
g re at er t h an a ll th ese G o d i s
. t he r o c k o n wh ic h th e
s ou l res t s e v en if i t seem s f or the m ome nt a s i f he
,
ha d f ai led .
g o s in i
g gn b ac k to t he o ld ex p er i e nc e that w a s onc e
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.
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H is he av e n an d the w o r l d cann o t b e l o s t in gl oo m .
who w i ll s a ve th o se w ho kee p f a i th in H im ,
2 38 E VA NG E L I STI C P RE A CH I NG
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.
g iv e n t o hi m bef o re G o d. H e be c o m es r i g ht e o us ,
I n th at m u t u a l gr a s p h is s oul w in s a n ew l i fe .
n ot m erely on e a r th ; it is a ls o in he a ve n . H e is
l i vi ng in tw o w o rlds at a t i m e i n o n e o f which he,
to b r ing th e des i re o f h i s h e a r t to pa ss .