TRUE FAITH EXAMPLED. EXAMINED, AND EXPECTED (8 OF 10)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3, 2 Timothy 3:10-16
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True Faith Exampled. Examined, and Expected (8 of 10)
Series: The Aged Apostles Swan Song
Donald Cantrell
2 Timothy 3: 10 - 17
I - Paul's Triumphant Testimony (10 - 11)
II - Paul's Troubling Truth (12 - 13)
III - Paul's Touching Tribute (14 - 15)
IV - Paul's Transcendent Truism (16 - 17)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Paul shows Timothy his example and expects the same''
TESTIMONY OF IRIS BUE
God is still welcoming prostitutes and publicans into His kingdom. Iris Blue grew up in Houston, Texas. She lived a rebellious life and got involved in drugs, alcohol and prostitution when she was a teenager. When she was seventeen she was arrested and spent seven years in prison. When she got out of prison, she went back to the streets. She was part of the Banditos motorcycle gang, addicted to heroin and had numerous abortions. As she grew older, she graduated from being a prostitute to being a pimp. Her ''office'' was a topless bar in a sleazy part of Houston.
One of her former clients became a Christian. He was radically transformed and started witnessing to Iris and others who were still in that destructive lifestyle. He visited Iris at the bar and told her she needed Jesus. She cussed him out. He called her up and told her how much God loved her, and Iris hung up on him. One day he called and asked her to meet him outside the bar and that night he told her he couldn't see her anymore because he had made a commitment to God that he wasn't going to hang around with tramps anymore. Let me pick up the story at this point in Iris' own words:
''When he called me a tramp, I wanted to cut his throat. I thought, 'All this week you've been calling me and telling me how precious I am to God and that I was valuable. And now in one word, I was garbage.''
But before I could strike back he said, ''You don't even understand, Jesus can turn you into a lady.'' When he said the word, ''lady,'' it was like som ...
Series: The Aged Apostles Swan Song
Donald Cantrell
2 Timothy 3: 10 - 17
I - Paul's Triumphant Testimony (10 - 11)
II - Paul's Troubling Truth (12 - 13)
III - Paul's Touching Tribute (14 - 15)
IV - Paul's Transcendent Truism (16 - 17)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Paul shows Timothy his example and expects the same''
TESTIMONY OF IRIS BUE
God is still welcoming prostitutes and publicans into His kingdom. Iris Blue grew up in Houston, Texas. She lived a rebellious life and got involved in drugs, alcohol and prostitution when she was a teenager. When she was seventeen she was arrested and spent seven years in prison. When she got out of prison, she went back to the streets. She was part of the Banditos motorcycle gang, addicted to heroin and had numerous abortions. As she grew older, she graduated from being a prostitute to being a pimp. Her ''office'' was a topless bar in a sleazy part of Houston.
One of her former clients became a Christian. He was radically transformed and started witnessing to Iris and others who were still in that destructive lifestyle. He visited Iris at the bar and told her she needed Jesus. She cussed him out. He called her up and told her how much God loved her, and Iris hung up on him. One day he called and asked her to meet him outside the bar and that night he told her he couldn't see her anymore because he had made a commitment to God that he wasn't going to hang around with tramps anymore. Let me pick up the story at this point in Iris' own words:
''When he called me a tramp, I wanted to cut his throat. I thought, 'All this week you've been calling me and telling me how precious I am to God and that I was valuable. And now in one word, I was garbage.''
But before I could strike back he said, ''You don't even understand, Jesus can turn you into a lady.'' When he said the word, ''lady,'' it was like som ...
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