What Will You Do With Jesus?

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: Matthew 27:17-26

INTRODUCTION:

1. Our thoughts become our BELIEFS, which become our attitudes.  They in turn are made manifest in our ACTIONS, which over time become our HABITS, which become our lifestyle, and our lifestyle becomes our DESTINY.
2. Heaven is a PREPARED place for a PREPARED people (Jn. 14:1-6).   Our choices will determine our eternal DESTINY!

DISCUSSION:  What Will You Choose To Do With Jesus?

I. WHAT SOME DID.

1. Judas Iscariot BETRAYED Him (Mt. 26:47-50).
2. The priest and elders ENVIED Him (Mt. 27:18).
3. Pilate’s wife FEARED Him (Mt. 27:19).
4. The crowd wanted to see Him DEAD (Mt. 27:22, 23, 25).
5. Pilate did what was POLITICALLY CORRECT with Him (Mt. 27:24,26).
6. Pilate’s guards MOCKED and abused Him (Mt. 27:27-31).
7. Peter DENIED Him (Mt. 26:69-75).
8. The apostles ABANDONED Him (Mt. 26:31).

II. WHAT WILL YOU DO?

1. Will you CRUCIFY Him again? (Heb. 6:6)
2. Will you BETRAY Him to serve someone or something else?  (Col. 3:5)
3. Can you be or remain INDIFFERENT  (cf. Mt. 27:24)?
4. Will you RUN AWAY?
5. Will you TRUST and LOVE Him completely. 

Conclusion:  Your thoughts and beliefs about Jesus Christ will become your eternal destiny.  What will you do with Jesus?

What Will You Do With Jesus?

Evangelism: Amidst White Fields

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: John 4:27-39

INTRODUCTION:

1. It is estimated that an average congregation baptizes only 5% of those people attending services regularly.
2. One survey reveals that an average member of the church gives less than 4% of their estimated annual income to the church.
3. The Institute for Church Growth asked 10,000 “church-goers” the question: “What was responsible for your coming to Christ and to this church?”  79% said it was because a friend or relative invited me.
4. “Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!” (John 4:35) 

DISCUSSION:

I. REGARDING OUR TEXT.

1. Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John the immerser (Jn. 4:3).
2. The NKJV tells us that Jesus needed to pass through Samaria, while the NASB & ESV us the phrase had to.
3. Jesus wanted to harvest the moment.
4. When Jesus disciples returned, they did not see the harvest.

II. APPLICATION.

1. Without laborers a crop cannot be harvested.
2. The devil and death are tireless in their efforts against men’s souls!
3. We need to ask ourselves if we are searching for solutions or exploring for excuses instead.

Conclusion:  If the Bible is true then we ought to preach it.  If Jesus is the Christ then we ought to serve Him.  If God has a gospel plan of salvation, then we ought to teach it.  In short, if souls are going to hell, we ought to do all we can to save them!

Evangelism: Amidst White Fields

God's Delight

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: Micah 7:18-19

INTRODUCTION:

1. “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgressions of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.” (Micah 7:18)
2. To delight is to find pleasure in something or someone.

DISCUSSION:  GOD FINDS DELIGHT IN --

I. TRUTHFUL TONGUES.

1. “God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all!" (1 Jn. 1:5; Cf. Num. 23:19).
2. “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life" (Prov. 13:2).
3. The tongue is capable of a world of evil, but also capable of doing immeasurable good!

II. HONEST  HEARTS.

1. “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight!” (Prov. 11:1)
2. Honesty should be more than a policy to a Christian!

III. JESUS.

1. A fact proclaimed from heaven by God Himself (cf. Mt. 3; Mt. 17).
2. Surely His greatest delight was in Jesus’ delight to do the will of God (Jn. 6.38; Lk. 22:42).

IV. THE PRAYERS OF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.

1. “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayers of the upright is His delight.” (Prov. 15:8)
2. God delights when we approach in a righteous condition or fashion (cf. James 5:16).

V. A PERSON LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.

1. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and He delights in His way.” (Psa. 37:23).
2. Consider the “way” of Cain (Jude 11).  

Conclusion:  Do you delight in God?  Does God delight in you?

God's Delight