3/8/13

From G,V. Womack...


"...AND THEIR WORKS FOLLOW THEM"



Rev. 14:12-13 TEXT What we do will follow us to the grave.

DORCAS REMEMBERED AT HER DEATH FOR HER GOOD WORKS

Acts 9:36-39 Dorcas - full of good works & charitable deeds (acts of love)

WHAT WILL WE BE REMEMBERED FOR?
WE MAY NOT BE REMEMBERED FOR GREAT THINGS, BUT WE WILL
BE REMEMBERED FOR GOOD THINGS.

MARY (MARTHA'S SISTER) ANOINTS JESUS. SHE IS REMEMBERED FOR IT.
She is be remembered "throughout the whole world...wherever this gospel is preached."

Mk. 14;3-9 What others viewed as a wasteful act, Jesus called a good work.

"She has done what she could" WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Mt. 10:42 "And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water
in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no
means lose his reward."

WE ARE IDENTIFIED BY OUR FRUIT (Like a fruit tree is recognized by its kind of fruit.)

Mt. 7:15-20 "You will know them by their fruits" (vs. 16)

WE CONTROL HOW WE WILL BE REMEMBERED:

...IN REARING OUR CHILDREN "IN THE LORD"
HOW WILL THEY REMEMBER US? WHAT EXAMPLE DID WE SET?

Eph. 6:4 "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring
them up in the raining and admonition of the Lord."

HOW WILL WE BE REMEMBERED BY OTHERS THROUGH OUR
CHILDREN?

2 Tim. 1:5 "when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which
dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am
persuaded is in you also."

A GOOD NAME CAN BE CARRIED ON FOR GENERATIONS

Eccl. 7:1 "A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death
than the day of one's birth."

Prov. 22:1 "A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor
rather than silver and gold."



...BY OUR CO-WORKERS
HOW WILL THEY REMEMBER US? WHAT EXAMPLE DID WE SET?

Eph. 6:5-9 What kind of employee were you? What kind of coworker were you?

Eccl. 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no
work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are
going." (NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD)

...BY OUR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, BRETHREN
HOW WILL THEY REMEMBER US? WHAT EXAMPLE DID WE SET?
Will we be remembered like Dorcas?

Gal. 6:9-10 "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we
shall reap if we do not lose heart. [10] Therefore, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the
household of faith."

WILL WE BE REMEMBERED IN THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHOM
WE INFLUENCED?

2 Cor. 3:1-3 No need for letters of commendation from others.
"You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all
men."

...IN THE JUDGMENT
HOW WILL GOD REMEMBER US?
WILL HE CONFESS US TO THE FATHER, OR DENY KNOWING US?

Mt. 10:32-33 "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will
confess before My Father who is in heaven. [33] But whoever
denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father
who is in heaven."

Rev. 20:11-ff The final judgment scene. Books opened - the record of our
deeds for all to see. WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK?