Today,
I received my copy of the “Defending the Faith” Study Bible from
Apologetics Press and I was impressed. It is the N.K.J.V. and as you
might guess, its focus is Christian Apologetics. That is, to a make a
defense for the faith that has been delivered to us (1 Peter 3:15).
If this interests you, just go to ApologeticsPress.org and order one
-you will be glad you did.
I
have always admired the work that Apologetics Press does and post
their articles on my blog on a regular basis. After spending an hour
or so looking at the Bible, I put it down to do other things, but it
was still in the back of my mind. Later, I thought of the Apostle
Paul making his defense before king Agrippa (Acts 26) and especially
the last part, where Agrippa realizes that he is being persuaded to
become a Christian. And I thought, what if I made a copy of that old
sermon of mine, called “News” and put it in the back of that
Bible (it might prove very useful). After all, isn’t Apologetics
really evangelism? So, read on to see the “News”…
News
"He
is my everything" ISA 40:3-11
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Remember
the Gulf war.. CNN was there !! Real News! Really important!
B. Reality
is.. we have the BEST NEWS (and we need to share it !)
C. Real
good question... Given any thought to spiritual things...?
D. Real
needs is the point of the question.
E. Real
tough question... If you died today, what would happen to you??
F. Read
the bible and know... look at Paul’s letter to the Romans.
II. BODY
A. THE
GOOD NEWS ROM 1:16
B. THE
BAD NEWS ROM 3:10-11
1. The
problem 3:23
2. The
penalty 5:12
C. THE
GREAT NEWS
1. God's
problem 2:5
2. God's
payment 5:8
D. THE
PERSONAL NEWS
1. You
make it by... 6:16-17; 6:1-11
2. Your
choice 6:23, 7:4
3. Your
decision 16:25-26; 6:23, 8:28,10:1
4. Your
chance 2:5-11, 13:11-12
5. Your
witness 10:8-10... you say ... what?
III. CONCLUSION
A. THERE
HAS BEEN NOTHING NEW FOR US TONIGHT, BUT NEWSWORTHY,
NONETHELESS!
B. THERE
IS STILL TIME TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CAUSE CHRIST.
C. THIS
IS ONE OF MANY WAYS WE CAN SERVE, PRESS
ON !!
I hope you enjoy this little
sermon; its quick, easy and makes a great little evangelism tool. And
yes, its dated to the gulf war era (circa 2001). Even though its old,
God’s message is still GOOD NEWS and should be proclaimed anyway we
can, even by news boys.