"PROFESSION VS POSSESSION"
I. "THEY PROFESS THAT THEY KNOW GOD."
A. There are many people today who profess to know God.
1. I had an uncle who was one of the most profane persons I have ever met. He also was an alcoholic, and whenever I would begin to witness to him, he professed to know God. He would say, "I believe in God and I say my prayers every night."
2. The tragic thing ...
"THE BLESSED HOPE."
I. THE GRACE OF GOD TEACHES US HOW TO LIVE.
A. So many today just trying to survive.
1. Not really living as God intended.
2. The advertising media often times associates living with drinking, or boozing.
a. Tragic that some can't live without it.
B. The first thing it teaches on how to live is soberly.
1. Though all things are lawful to me, I will not be ...
"THE BLESSED HOPE"
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF HOPE.
A. The signs in Copenhagen. No Hope.
1. Paul said to the Ephesians
EPH 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
2. That is true of the world outside of Jesus Christ today, they have no hope....
"HE SAVED US."
I. "HE SAVED US FROM:"
A. Our past empty life described as:
1. "Foolish."
a. "The fool hath said in his heart ..."
b. The greater fool declares he believes in God, but lives though God did not exist.
2. "Disobedient."
a. Not listening or responding to the voice of God.
b. Rebelling against His authority.
c. Arguing with His commandments.
3. "Deceived."
a. O...
"THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE."
Intro: One of the basic questions of man, "If a man dies, does he go on living?". Many look at death as the end, nothing beyond. The Christian hopes for eternal life.
I. THE BASIS FOR THAT HOPE.
A. The promises of God 1:2.
1. "And this is the record, God has."
2. "For God so loved the world..."
3. "I am the resurrection and the life."
B. The resurr...
"SAVED BY MERCY, JUSTIFIED BY GRACE"
I. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED?
A. In Romans 1:18 Paul tells us that the wrath of God will be revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth of God in unrighteousness. He then tells of the things that have provoked the wrath of God.
1. Ungodliness is a wrong relationship with God. These issues were...
