Sermon – “We Can Do It The Easy Way Or The Hard Way!

Sunday, February 4, 2007

FaithTempleChurch

Pastor Jeff Hayes

Title: We Can Do It The Easy Way Or The Hard Way!

Introduction: 1. My Wife Says The Best Teachings Are The Ones That Give

Practical Teachings To Be Used On A Daily Basis!

  1. List of verses from the Bible which are helpful for you!
  2. The ABC’s Of Doing It The Easy Way Or Hard Way!
  3. Begin with the Letter “S” - S P I R I T
  4. Romans 8:5 – “Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
  5. The Easy Way Is To Have Our Minds Set On The Spirit!

A - Accepting Of Christ Not One Who Rejects Christ!

  1. John 13:19-20 “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He. Vs. 20 I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
  2. Isaiah 53:3 “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.”

B – Believe Vs. Not Believing

  1. John 3:17, 18 – “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Vs. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:4 – “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

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C - Called???? Answer The Call / No Jonah Complexes

  1. Romans 1:6 – “And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.”
  2. Romans 8:29, 30 – “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Vs. 30 And those he predestined, he also CALLED; those he CALLED he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.”
  3. Jonah 1:3a – “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.”

D - Dead Or Alive To Sin??? Vs. Dead Or Alive To Christ???

  1. He Wants You Dead To Sin But Alive In Christ! Vs. Alive To Sin But Dead To Christ!”
  2. Romans 12:1 – “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – which is your spiritual worship.”
  3. Romans 6:11 – 13…”In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Vs. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Vs. 13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.”

E – Evolution - Take The Easy Way Or The Hard Way????

  1. The Theory of Evolution has been under attack since Day 1 when

Darwin suggested it!

  1. Entrenched in our educational system! Some Christian schools teach it because the theory has gained such a foothold.
  2. Amazing Charts of how cells came together in water,
  3. eventually reptiles came out of the water and were able to live on both water and land.
  4. Then cold blooded creatures…snakes, lizards…
  5. Then birds,

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  1. Then mammals
  2. Eventually monkeys…
  3. The human beings
  4. Are you really a “Chimp Off Of The Old Block???”
  5. Actually Evolution and Creation are reduced in believing in an eternal matter existing or an eternal God existing.
  6. Takes more faith to believe that the Theory of Evolution is True vs. believing that Creation is True!
  7. Evolution is Humanist in elevating man to be the superior being rather than God.
  8. Romans 1:25 – “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator – who is forever praised. Amen.” (Look at Romans 1:18 – 32”)
  9. Genesis 14:22 – “But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, CREATOR of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath…’”

F -“Forgive Vs. Unforgiveness”

  1. Matthew 6:12 – “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
  2. Matthew 6:14, 15 – “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. vs. 15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
  3. Colossians 3:13 – “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

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G - Graciously Gulp Grace! Vs. Having The Attitude Of

“I Am The Greatest!”

  1. The Prideful are described in:
  2. Ephesians 2:1-2 - “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, vs. 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.”
  3. Some Have Wonderful Efforts…..Denny Sanford -- 400 million dollars given to SiouxValleyHospital… change the name of the hospital to include the name Sanford!
  4. Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – vs. 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.”

H - Heaven Or Hell Vs. No Heaven No Hell!!!!

  1. Some may only believe in “Heavenly Pie In The Sky In The Sweet By and By”
  2. Sinners and Saints Pray… Matthew 6:9 – “Our Father Who Art In Heaven…”
  3. Philippians 3:20 – “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  4. Hell –
  5. Revelation 20:14-15 “Then death and hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Vs. 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” (Is Your Name Written In The Book Of Life?)

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I - “Impossibilities Vs. It’s Possible With God!”

  1. Matthew 19 – discussion with Jesus and His Disciples…(Can A Rich Man Enter the Kingdom Of God)
  2. Matthew 19:26 – “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’”
  3. Luke 1:37 – “For nothing is impossible with God.”
  4. Pray and Believe! Leave The Rest With God!