Sermon For Sullivan SDA
Church
Notes
Doing, Not Just Hearing
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. James 1:22-24
You Must Respond: The Holy Spirit is Calling You! You Can Not
do Nothing!
Psalm 39:1 To the
chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed
to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle,
while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace,
[even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while
I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to
know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how
frail I [am]. (KJV)
The Mill in India Wasn’t doing so good – many details
Jindal brought Signor Vachi from Taranto to help with the problems
Signor Vachi was from Taranto, Italy. A big man with seemingly all the characteristics of a typical Taranto resident.
I’ve lived in Taranto – A bad place to develop a Christian Character.
Italians love their Operatic Music. The three tenors roared in the guest house.
Mr. Vachi’s side trip to see an orphanage.
The story of Vachi’s contributions to this orphanage over the years.
A man who was a “doer of the word” and not just a hearer.
Intellectual
Christianity:
Paul tells Timothy to “study to show thyself approved, a workman
who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Isaiah says “Line upon Line, word upon word, here a little, there a little.”
We need to have a sure knowledge of the scriptures and know how to understand what they tell us.
However, we don’t need a “Sabbath School Debating Club”
Our Christian experience must not be a “Pride in being a member of a special group”
Isolation into a group so one can set up a “we verses them” mentality
Losing the picture of all the world being our brothers
Brothers and sisters needing to know about Jesus and his Salvation.
This was a Pharisee problem!
We must not have a “Let
the Pastor do it attitude”
Why Not?
What have you been doing all these years?
This a general
“Secular mind set attitude”
Our religion must be more profound than any of these things: Christ says our religion must be better than the Scribes and Pharisees.
But Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
The internalization of Religion: David says, “a broken and contrite heart”
Ownership:
A business concept: The Possom and the Road Painter:
Do you sing with all your heart? Do these songs have deep meaning for you?
What is your concern for other people?
This is your religion:
Here is the patience
of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of
Jesus Rev 14:12