Thanksgiving

Speaker: Paul Branson

Thanksgiving

All Things Are Yours

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

INTRODUCTION:

1. As a nation and certainly as Christian we have plenty about which we should give thanks!
2. Yet, this old sinful world can get us down, but not out!
3. Paul told the Christians at Corinth, “all things are yours.

DISCUSSION:

I. PAUL, APOLLOS, OR CEPHAS.

1. The seed of the kingdom is the word of God (Lk. 8:11).
2. We should give thanks for the men and women who teach and who taught us the word of God.
3. The Corinthian Christians were thinking that they belonged to Paul or Apollos or Cephas, but the reality was that Paul, Apollos and Cephas belonged to them.

II. WORLD, LIFE, AND DEATH.

1. The world is a reference to the creation.
2. Life is a limited commodity, but whether extended or brief, life belongs to Christians!
3. Death is certain, but a Christian owns death (cf. Phil. 1:21; 1 Cor. 15:50-55).

III. THINGS PRESENT AND THINGS TO COME.

1. At present, we live amidst a crooked and perverse generation (Phil. 2:15), but there is great reward in living the Christian life.
2. The future of our nation may look uncertain, and without Christianity it is impossible to be optimistic, but with Christ all things are possible.
3. Christians own the future!

Conclusion:  

“And you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s” (v. 23).  Do you belong to Christ?

All Things Are Yours

Pray Without Ceasing

Speaker: John Bryant

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Overview:

God knows everything about us. God wants us to talk to him in prayer. God knows what we need before we ask.

Pray Without Ceasing