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THE KING’S BUSINESS SERMON OUTLINES
The three following sermon outlines are from “The Ideal Ministry,” by Dr. Herrick Johnson. They are intended to show the method of development along certain hom iletic lines. Theme: Coming to C hrist; Its Method and Result. T ext : “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37), I ntroduction . What a precious word “come” is in human language and relation. How much more precious, how unspeakably precious, in the gospel sense, when spoken to lost wanderers from God; and when accompan ied with the gracious assurance, “I will in no wise cast out.” I. The way of coming. Negatively: 1. It is not by commencing a prbcess of reformation. Every sinner who comes to Christ will reform; but he does not come to Christ by reforming. 2. It is not by attending religious meetings and joining the church. He may do this and be as far from Christ as ever. 3: It is not by simply reading the Bible and offering prayer; doing these things is not coming to Christ. Men have done them and yet have perished. Affirmatively: It is having Christ in the thought and heart as the hope of salvation, to the exclusion of all else. Illustrations: A burning building, man inside, his thought on the only door by which escape is possible, saying, I must reach that door or perish. An Israelite, pursued by the man slayer, fleeing to the city of refuge. Bunyan’s Pilgrim, with his eye and mind on the light, fleeing from the City of Destruction. This involves: (a) Looking out, not looking in.
(b) Looking to Jesus, not looking to self, or sin, or Church, or Bible. This is a confession: (a) That the seeker is a sinner need ing to be saved. (b) That he cannot save himself. (c) That no one else can save him. ( d ) .That Jesus can. II. The result of the coming: Absolute certainty, of Christ’s welcome. (a) No matter what the degree- of previous guilt; He will in no wise cast out. (b) No matter what the decree of God; He will in no wise cast out. (c) No matter how weak the effort; He will in no wise cast out, (d) No matter how slight the convic tion of sin; He will in no wise cast out. C onclusion . Careless sinner, blinded sinner, outcast sinner, infamous sinner, come and come now. And He who never broke His word, will keep it with you, and welcome, pardon, cleanse, and save. T ext : “But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love” (Reve lation; 2:4). O bject : T o bring lost love back by pressing home the guilt o f it, and urging the remedy for it. I ntroduction . The first word of the ascended Lord sent back to His blood-bought church—“He that hath an ear, etc.,” therefore adapted to any church similarly conditioned. Christ first commends, and this His blessed way, if He can find aught commendable. Nev ertheless He has this against the church of Ephesus, that she has left her first love. Theme: F irst Love Left. I. The signs of it. Negatively, not a want of service, for this church was rendering service: (a) By laborious toil (v. 2). An active church.
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