Hints and Helps
Topics for the New Year. I. Opportunity. "Occupy (do business) till I come .”— Luke 19:13. 1. Gifted for Service.—1 Cor. 12:7. 2. Varieties of Service.—Rom. 12:6-8. 3. Looking for Fruit.;—Luke 13:6. 4. The Doom of the Barren.—Matt. 21: 19. 5. Another Chance.—Luke 13:8, 9. II. Good Cheer. "Lo, I am with you always (all the days).” —Matt. 28:20; 1. The Ancient Shelter.—Psalm 90:1. 2. The Brother Refuge.—Isaiah 32:2. 3. The Faithful Friend.—Heb. 13:5, 6 . 4. Everything for Us.—Rom. 8:28. 5. Absolute Security.—Rom. 8:38, 39. 6 . Push On.—Heb. 12:1, 2. III. Readiness. "Therefore be ye also ready.” —Matt. 24: 44. 1. The Uncertainty of Life.—Jas. 4:14. 2. The Suddenness of Death.—Luke 12: 20 . 3. The Accounting to Render. — Luke 19:15. 4. The Passing Opportunity.—Heb. 2 :3. 5. The Imminent Coming.—Matt. 24:42. IV. Repentance Incomplete. 1 Cor. 7:10. 1. He that leaves not all sin. , 2. He that leaves sin only outwardly. 3. He that leaves sin because he cannot commit it. 4. He that leaves sin out o f sinister re spects. 5. He that leaves one sin for another. 6 . He that leaves sin but for a time. 7. He that so turns from sin as not to turn to God. A Seven-Fold Answer to Pilate’s Question. “ What shall I then do with Jesus which is 2. Believe Him (Acts 16:31). 3. Confess Him (Rom. 10:9, 10). 4. Obey Him (John 15:14). 5. Follow Him (Luke 9:23). 6 . Witness for Him (Acts 1:8). 7. Wait for His coming (1 Thess. 1:10). called Christt” —Matt. 27:22. 1. Hear Him (Luke 9:35).
The Foolishness of Preaching. “It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe .” — 1 Cor. 1:21. I. The apparent foolishness o f preaching: 1. When we consider what preaching is. 2. When we consider who' they are that preach. 3. When we consider what they preach. 4. When we consider to whom they preach. II. The real wisdom of preaching: 1. The Authority. 2. The theme. . 3. The promised aid. 4. The proved results. Justification Before God—By Blood. Heb. 9:22. No remission, without shedding o f blood, Lev. 17:11. The life is in the blood, Ex. 12:13. Realized by Faith. Eph. 2:8. Not of yourselves: gift o f God. Rom. 3 :26. Justi- fier of him that believeth. Acts II :29. Jus tified from all things. Rom. 5:1. Manifested by Works. Eph. 2 :10. His workmanship. Phil 2:13. God which worketh in you. Jas. 2:18, 24, 26. Show faith by works. Matt. 5:16. Men see good works :■glorify Father. 1 Peter 2 :9. Words of Wisdom Where there is little faith there is little joy. Luke 24:25. The grand test of discipleship is not knowledge, but love. 1 John 4:7. The believer must not only say, “Lord teach me,’’ but “ Lord lead me.” Ps. 25: 4, 5. When we reign over sin, what, liberty! —when sin seigns over us, what bondage? Rom. 6:14. Never trust to grace received, but to the inexhaustible fountain whence you received it. 2 Cor. 12:9. The law discovers our ruin, but cannot provide the remedy. Jesus alone can do that. Rom. 8 :3. Those who are most holy are most love ly; for the beauty o f the Lord is His holi ness. Ps. 96:9. There is joy with peace in believing, but nothing but perplexity in unbelief. Acts 8:37, 39.
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