THEME: I Am Fifth
TITLE: The Ultimate Trump Card
Text: Matthew 22: 37-39; John 13:34-35
“Do not waste your time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor: Act as if you did.” C.S.Lewis
“By this all people will know you are my disciples if you have love for one another.” Jn.13:35
I. A MORE EXCELLENT WAY
“When we are wrapped up in ourselves we make a pretty small package.”
Words mean (nothing) if there is no (action). Having a (powerful faith) is nothing if it does not motivate us (to love).
“They will never care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
II. HOW CAN THEY KNOW?
Romans 10: 17: “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”
“Christianity is enshrined in the life, but it is proclaimed by the lips.”
Unless we speak up some people may never know about the hope we have within us.
“Having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.” I Peter 3:16 (NKJV)
By living out the Gospel, we gain (credibility). By verbalizing the Gospel, we provide (clarity).
NEXT WEEK: Welcome to 2018!
THEME: Uncharted
SERIES: Transformed
TITLE: Amnesia- Jer.2:11-13; Ezekiel 36:16-32; 37:1-14
