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Sermon Topics
Sermon Topics
Sunday -
April 24th, 2005 "CHASTEN
AND GLAD" HEBREWS
12:5-9
by
Pastor Tony Sutton
CHASTEN
A)
DESPISE NOT, BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN IT.
B)
FAINT NOT, TAKE IT AND LEARN FROM IT.
WHEN CHASTISEMENT COMETH, DON'T DESPISE IT, NOR SHOULD WE FAINT.
THIS IS A TIME WE SHOULD REJOICE BECAUSE WE HAVE A FATHER WHO
CARES AND IS DIRECTING OUR PATHS. WE SHOULDN'T FAINT, BUT WE
SHOULD DRAW STRENGTH FROM THE LORD AND GROW.
WHO
IS ?
A)
THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE CHASTENED.
B)
THE RECEIVED V6
HE SAID IN 1COR. ...YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE... WE BELONG TO HIM
NOW. THEREFORE WE ARE HIS TO CORRECT, TO GUIDE, TO KEEP.
UN-CHASTEN
A)
BASTARDS AND NOT SONS
THOSE
WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT ARE NOT HIS. MANY WALK IN DECEPTION. SATAN
HAS THEM BELIEVING THAT THEY BELONG TO GOD, HOWEVER THEY HAVE
NEVER BEEN BORN AGAIN, NEVER HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
NOT WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
FINAL
THOUGHTS
CHASTISEMENT IS NOT AN ACT IN WHICH ONE WELCOMES WITH OPEN ARMS.
WE OFTEN DESPISE AND REFUSE TO SEE OUR FAULTS. IF YOU CAN GET BY
WITH THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE WRONG AND GOD DOES NOT PUNISH YOU,
SOMETHING IS WRONG. THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S WRONG,
BUT THIS IS ABOUT WHO'S TRULY SAVED AND WHO'S DECEIVED. DO YOU
KNOW THAT WIDE IS THE PATH THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION AND MANY BE
THERE ON THAT PATH, BUT NARROW IS THE PATH THAT LEADETH TO LIFE
AND FEW BE THERE ON THAT PATH
MATTHEW
7:13,14
DO
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