REFUSING TO REGRESS (15 OF 28)
Scripture: Matthew 15:1-39
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Refusing to Regress (15 of 28)
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 15:1-39
Matthew Series Sermon 15 of 28
I - The Inquiry (1 - 2)
II - The Indictment (3 - 6)
III - The Issue (7 - 11)
IV - The Illustration (12 - 14)
V - The Insight (15 - 20)
VI - The Insistence (21 - 28)
VII - The Inspired (29 - 31)
VIII - The Impoverished (32 - 39)
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I have here an old pocket watch. It looks like any other pocket watch. It has a case, hands and a face. It has a chain and all the requisite parts that are necessary for it to carry out its function as a timepiece. However, there is a problem with this watch. You see, it just won't run! Why not? It won't run because it has a problem with its heart. Inside this case, there is a spring that is the heart of this watch. That spring is essential to the proper operation of this watch as a timepiece. That spring, the heart of this watch, is defective! The heart of the problem with this watch is a problem of the heart of this watch.
There are plenty of people in the church and in religious circles who are just like this watch. On the outside the look fine. They appear to be religious and they do good things, but they cannot function as they were designed to function. They cannot truly worship God and bring glory to Him because they have a problem that cannot be readily seen by a mere surface inspection of their life. They have a problem with their heart!
Now, the fact of the matter is this: I do not know who has a problem with their heart and who does not! I do not know who in this room is redeemed and who is merely religious. In fact, I would venture to say that some people in this room do not even know their own heart.
Some may think they are redeemed, when in fact they may still be lost in sin.
While I do not know your heart, God does! He knows all about what is inside of you and me. He knows what makes us tick! In this passage, Jesus deals w ...
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 15:1-39
Matthew Series Sermon 15 of 28
I - The Inquiry (1 - 2)
II - The Indictment (3 - 6)
III - The Issue (7 - 11)
IV - The Illustration (12 - 14)
V - The Insight (15 - 20)
VI - The Insistence (21 - 28)
VII - The Inspired (29 - 31)
VIII - The Impoverished (32 - 39)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
I have here an old pocket watch. It looks like any other pocket watch. It has a case, hands and a face. It has a chain and all the requisite parts that are necessary for it to carry out its function as a timepiece. However, there is a problem with this watch. You see, it just won't run! Why not? It won't run because it has a problem with its heart. Inside this case, there is a spring that is the heart of this watch. That spring is essential to the proper operation of this watch as a timepiece. That spring, the heart of this watch, is defective! The heart of the problem with this watch is a problem of the heart of this watch.
There are plenty of people in the church and in religious circles who are just like this watch. On the outside the look fine. They appear to be religious and they do good things, but they cannot function as they were designed to function. They cannot truly worship God and bring glory to Him because they have a problem that cannot be readily seen by a mere surface inspection of their life. They have a problem with their heart!
Now, the fact of the matter is this: I do not know who has a problem with their heart and who does not! I do not know who in this room is redeemed and who is merely religious. In fact, I would venture to say that some people in this room do not even know their own heart.
Some may think they are redeemed, when in fact they may still be lost in sin.
While I do not know your heart, God does! He knows all about what is inside of you and me. He knows what makes us tick! In this passage, Jesus deals w ...
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