THE DE-VOTED CHRISTIAN (1 OF 2)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: I Timothy 2:1-6
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The De-Voted Christian (1 of 2)
Series: God and our Leaders
Jeff Strite
I Timothy 2:1-6
OPEN: I don't know if you've noticed, but the Presidential election is officially this Tuesday.
How many of you have taken part in early voting?
(About 2/3s of the church raised their hand).
Whoa. That's a bunch of you.
But I've got some bad news for you.
In Indiana - if you die before Tuesday - your vote won't count. They literally take your vote out of the machine. Unlike some places, Indiana is one of those states where, if you die before election day, you don't get a vote.
Anyway, as I was preparing for today's sermon I searched through my illustrations for quotes and stories to use. I have several 1000 illustrations in my files and my computer allows me to search through them by typing in any word I'm interested in in the search box. The computer then shows me where to find illustrations that contain that specific word.
So I typed in the word ''VOTE'' and, of course, I got every illustration that had that word in it.
But I also got illustrations that had words that had ''VOTE as part of that word.
And found the most intriguing thing:
I typed in ''VOTE'',
And I got ''DE-VOTED''
Isn't that interesting?
And it makes sense, because when people vote for a politician or for a political party, they often vote because they are ''DEVOTED'' to that specific person or party.
Now that truth got me to thinking about a question I'm going to ask you in just a minute.
Let me be very clear before I ask the question that I do NOT want you to answer in any way. I don't raise your hand, don't say a word... just think about my question. Got it?
(PAUSE)
• Are you a Republican?
• Are you a Democrat?
• OR... are you a Christian?
Whoa. Wait a minute.
Do I mean to say you can't you be a Republican or a Democrat... AND be a Christian.
That's what I mean to say.
You can't be both.
But why?
Well, because you can't serve two masters.
Now I'm not say ...
Series: God and our Leaders
Jeff Strite
I Timothy 2:1-6
OPEN: I don't know if you've noticed, but the Presidential election is officially this Tuesday.
How many of you have taken part in early voting?
(About 2/3s of the church raised their hand).
Whoa. That's a bunch of you.
But I've got some bad news for you.
In Indiana - if you die before Tuesday - your vote won't count. They literally take your vote out of the machine. Unlike some places, Indiana is one of those states where, if you die before election day, you don't get a vote.
Anyway, as I was preparing for today's sermon I searched through my illustrations for quotes and stories to use. I have several 1000 illustrations in my files and my computer allows me to search through them by typing in any word I'm interested in in the search box. The computer then shows me where to find illustrations that contain that specific word.
So I typed in the word ''VOTE'' and, of course, I got every illustration that had that word in it.
But I also got illustrations that had words that had ''VOTE as part of that word.
And found the most intriguing thing:
I typed in ''VOTE'',
And I got ''DE-VOTED''
Isn't that interesting?
And it makes sense, because when people vote for a politician or for a political party, they often vote because they are ''DEVOTED'' to that specific person or party.
Now that truth got me to thinking about a question I'm going to ask you in just a minute.
Let me be very clear before I ask the question that I do NOT want you to answer in any way. I don't raise your hand, don't say a word... just think about my question. Got it?
(PAUSE)
• Are you a Republican?
• Are you a Democrat?
• OR... are you a Christian?
Whoa. Wait a minute.
Do I mean to say you can't you be a Republican or a Democrat... AND be a Christian.
That's what I mean to say.
You can't be both.
But why?
Well, because you can't serve two masters.
Now I'm not say ...
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