AGAINST THE ODDS (2 OF 4)
Scripture: 1 Kings 18:16-20, 1 Kings 18:22-41
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Against the Odds (2 of 4)
Series: The Great Issues of Faith From Elijah's Life
Dennis Marquardt
1 Kings 18:16-46
INTRO: Why do people send in their Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes tickets? Do you know what the odds are for winning that contest? They are one in millions! Yet, though the odds are against it, many people still enter them, don't they? (Or, should I say ''you.'')
While pastoring in Vermont I bought halftime tickets at the local High School basketball game on a deal where the winner gets 50% of that night's tickets sales and the other 50% goes for school educational helps, thus the winning amount was $39.50 (small Town) - I won, I beat the odds! Ironically, I bought tickets for the next two basketball games and won those two times also, 3 times in a row, and netted a nice sum, probably over a hundred dollars altogether - I really beat the odds! (I also quit while I was ahead!)
Sometimes it feels like we are fighting against the odds in this world. Christians are a minority - real Christians that is! Why do we keep living as Christ told us, why do we keep preaching when the results seem so low many times? The odds are against us winning everyone to Christ, sometimes even winning some to Christ seems like a long shot!
The reason we do it is because IN REALITY the odds are in our favor, Christ IS THE SUPREME POWER OF ALL, thus we can't lose; this is why gambling casinos don't fold, they have the odds in their favor, yet people are willing to try even if any possibility exists for them to win! WE WILL WIN!
We may look crazy sometimes to the world, perhaps even to other Christians at times! We refuse to adopt the world's standards; to lie a little, cheat a little, etc., because we know that even if we don't win much down here ... though the odds are against us in the world they are stacked in our favor in heaven - and it WILL PAY one day!
PROP. SENT: We are called to stand up for God against all odds - no matter how bad the press ...
Series: The Great Issues of Faith From Elijah's Life
Dennis Marquardt
1 Kings 18:16-46
INTRO: Why do people send in their Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes tickets? Do you know what the odds are for winning that contest? They are one in millions! Yet, though the odds are against it, many people still enter them, don't they? (Or, should I say ''you.'')
While pastoring in Vermont I bought halftime tickets at the local High School basketball game on a deal where the winner gets 50% of that night's tickets sales and the other 50% goes for school educational helps, thus the winning amount was $39.50 (small Town) - I won, I beat the odds! Ironically, I bought tickets for the next two basketball games and won those two times also, 3 times in a row, and netted a nice sum, probably over a hundred dollars altogether - I really beat the odds! (I also quit while I was ahead!)
Sometimes it feels like we are fighting against the odds in this world. Christians are a minority - real Christians that is! Why do we keep living as Christ told us, why do we keep preaching when the results seem so low many times? The odds are against us winning everyone to Christ, sometimes even winning some to Christ seems like a long shot!
The reason we do it is because IN REALITY the odds are in our favor, Christ IS THE SUPREME POWER OF ALL, thus we can't lose; this is why gambling casinos don't fold, they have the odds in their favor, yet people are willing to try even if any possibility exists for them to win! WE WILL WIN!
We may look crazy sometimes to the world, perhaps even to other Christians at times! We refuse to adopt the world's standards; to lie a little, cheat a little, etc., because we know that even if we don't win much down here ... though the odds are against us in the world they are stacked in our favor in heaven - and it WILL PAY one day!
PROP. SENT: We are called to stand up for God against all odds - no matter how bad the press ...
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