DEAD CHRISTIANS - DEAD CHURCHES (3 OF 4)
Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6
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Dead Christians - Dead Churches (3 of 4)
Series: Overcoming Spiritual Entropy
Collin Wimberly
Revelation 3:1-6
CIT- Jesus counsels the church at Sardis to repent from their deadness or be caught suddenly by His judgment.
Proposition- The Church today must be aware of and repent from spiritual deadness.
Adience- believers.
INTRODUCTION:.
In a sermon John Ortberg once reflected on one of the greatest enemies of the human spirit. Though the sermon is close to three years old, it lays out a worthy goal for 2010. Ortberg writes:
For many years, Max Depree was the CEO of an innovative Fortune 500 company called Herman Miller. Depree has written classic books on leadership and anchored the board of trustees at Fuller Seminary for 40 years. Max is asked to speak a lot about leadership, and at one session somebody asked him what the most difficult thing was that he personally had to work on. This was Max's response: ''It's the interception of entropy.''
Entropy is a term from physics that has something to do with the second law of thermodynamics and the availability of energy. It speaks to the fact that the universe is winding down. It's the idea that everything that is left to itself has a tendency to deteriorate.
Entropy. It's not only one of the great enemies of the universe; it's one of the great enemies of the human spirit. A person becomes apathetic or complacent or settles for the path of least resistance in some area of life. Dreams die and hopes fade. A terrible thing happens: a person learns they can live with mediocrity.
For the next few weeks we are going to study how churches and Christians deteriorate. How we can become complacent and apathetic if we are not careful. Too many of us, and I fear our church, have learned to live with mediocrity. Entrophy is an enemy that has defeated many of us and many churches.
In Chapters 2-3 of Revelation Jesus addresses 7 churches. He encourages and rebukes them.
This morning we will ...
Series: Overcoming Spiritual Entropy
Collin Wimberly
Revelation 3:1-6
CIT- Jesus counsels the church at Sardis to repent from their deadness or be caught suddenly by His judgment.
Proposition- The Church today must be aware of and repent from spiritual deadness.
Adience- believers.
INTRODUCTION:.
In a sermon John Ortberg once reflected on one of the greatest enemies of the human spirit. Though the sermon is close to three years old, it lays out a worthy goal for 2010. Ortberg writes:
For many years, Max Depree was the CEO of an innovative Fortune 500 company called Herman Miller. Depree has written classic books on leadership and anchored the board of trustees at Fuller Seminary for 40 years. Max is asked to speak a lot about leadership, and at one session somebody asked him what the most difficult thing was that he personally had to work on. This was Max's response: ''It's the interception of entropy.''
Entropy is a term from physics that has something to do with the second law of thermodynamics and the availability of energy. It speaks to the fact that the universe is winding down. It's the idea that everything that is left to itself has a tendency to deteriorate.
Entropy. It's not only one of the great enemies of the universe; it's one of the great enemies of the human spirit. A person becomes apathetic or complacent or settles for the path of least resistance in some area of life. Dreams die and hopes fade. A terrible thing happens: a person learns they can live with mediocrity.
For the next few weeks we are going to study how churches and Christians deteriorate. How we can become complacent and apathetic if we are not careful. Too many of us, and I fear our church, have learned to live with mediocrity. Entrophy is an enemy that has defeated many of us and many churches.
In Chapters 2-3 of Revelation Jesus addresses 7 churches. He encourages and rebukes them.
This morning we will ...
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