MEMBERSHIP MANDATES AND MISHAPS (13 OF 16)
Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-13, 1 Timothy 5:15-16
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Membership Mandates and Mishaps (13 of 16)
Series: The Fixer
Donald Cantrell
1 Timothy 5: 1 - 16
I - Respect and Reverence (1 - 2)
II - Relief and Relatives (3 - 4)
III - Requirements and Responsibilities (5 - 10)
IV - Refusal and Reality (11 - 16)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points. In this sermon we will take an in-depth look at widows, the kinds of widows that Paul mentions and the kindness that the church must display to these widows.
Theme: ''Church membership is a serious matter''
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLE?
A candidate for church membership was asked, ''What parts of the Bible do you like best?'' He said: ''I like the New Testament best. Then he was asked, ''What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?''
He answered, the Book of the Parables, Sir.'' They then asked him to relate one of the parables to the membership committee. And a bit uncertain, he began...
''Once upon a time a man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves; and the thorns grew up and choked the man. And he went on and met the Queen of Sheba, and she gave that man, Sir, a thousand talents of silver, and a hundred changes of raiment. And he got in his chariot and drove furiously, and as he was driving along under a big tree, his hair got caught in a limb and left him hanging here! And he hung there many days and many nights. The ravens brought him food to eat and water to drink. And one night while he was hanging there asleep, his wife Delilah came along and cut off his hair, and he fell on stony ground. And it begins to rain, and rained forty days and forty nights. And he hid himself in a cave. Later he went on and met a man who said, ''Come in and take supper with me.''
''But he said, ''I can't come in, for I have married a wife.''
And the man went out into the highways and hedges and compelled him to come in! He then came to Jerusalem, and saw Queen Jezebel sitting high and lifted up in ...
Series: The Fixer
Donald Cantrell
1 Timothy 5: 1 - 16
I - Respect and Reverence (1 - 2)
II - Relief and Relatives (3 - 4)
III - Requirements and Responsibilities (5 - 10)
IV - Refusal and Reality (11 - 16)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points. In this sermon we will take an in-depth look at widows, the kinds of widows that Paul mentions and the kindness that the church must display to these widows.
Theme: ''Church membership is a serious matter''
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLE?
A candidate for church membership was asked, ''What parts of the Bible do you like best?'' He said: ''I like the New Testament best. Then he was asked, ''What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?''
He answered, the Book of the Parables, Sir.'' They then asked him to relate one of the parables to the membership committee. And a bit uncertain, he began...
''Once upon a time a man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves; and the thorns grew up and choked the man. And he went on and met the Queen of Sheba, and she gave that man, Sir, a thousand talents of silver, and a hundred changes of raiment. And he got in his chariot and drove furiously, and as he was driving along under a big tree, his hair got caught in a limb and left him hanging here! And he hung there many days and many nights. The ravens brought him food to eat and water to drink. And one night while he was hanging there asleep, his wife Delilah came along and cut off his hair, and he fell on stony ground. And it begins to rain, and rained forty days and forty nights. And he hid himself in a cave. Later he went on and met a man who said, ''Come in and take supper with me.''
''But he said, ''I can't come in, for I have married a wife.''
And the man went out into the highways and hedges and compelled him to come in! He then came to Jerusalem, and saw Queen Jezebel sitting high and lifted up in ...
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