Title: Desire (4 of 4)
Series: Greater Reward
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 7:11
SERMON SUMMARY: Central idea: God's heavenly rewards are desirable because of...1) God's impressive track record. 2) Heaven's supportive environment. 3) Our need to please. 4) The element of trust
INTRODUCTION: Let's Make a Deal contestants are brought up on the stage and offered a wide range of prizes, both good and bad. But the real essence of the show, and the thing that makes it so compelling, is the agonizing choices the contestants are forced to make. The host first might offer someone $1,000 in cash with no strings attached. The contestant can quit right there and go home $1,000 richer; but then the fun begins: He offers a trade-in of the cash for the unknown prize that lies behind the curtain on stage. Of course, the contestant doesn't know what lies behind the curtain. It could be a brand-new Corvette; a two-week, all-expense-paid vacation to Hawaii; or a case of dill pickles! It's the contestant's choice: Trade what he or she already has been given for the promise of something better or play it safe and keep what he or she already has. The drama of the show is increased as winners constantly are offered opportunities to improve their prizes but always with the risk of dill pickles.
BY THE WAY - as a bonus, let me posit to you the "Monty Hall Problem". It is a classic problem used in statistics. Monty shows you three doors. Behind one is a car and behind the other two are goats. You pick door number one. Monty then shows you what's behind door number two - a goat - and offers to let you stay with door number one or switch to door number two. What should you do, stay, switch, or does it not make any difference?
At this point in the "Greater Reward" sermon series, I wonder if the unanswered question on a lot of our minds is, "Exactly WHAT is behind door number three? Why would I give up so much that has value in the here and now, for some unknown and ill-d ...
Series: Greater Reward
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 7:11
SERMON SUMMARY: Central idea: God's heavenly rewards are desirable because of...1) God's impressive track record. 2) Heaven's supportive environment. 3) Our need to please. 4) The element of trust
INTRODUCTION: Let's Make a Deal contestants are brought up on the stage and offered a wide range of prizes, both good and bad. But the real essence of the show, and the thing that makes it so compelling, is the agonizing choices the contestants are forced to make. The host first might offer someone $1,000 in cash with no strings attached. The contestant can quit right there and go home $1,000 richer; but then the fun begins: He offers a trade-in of the cash for the unknown prize that lies behind the curtain on stage. Of course, the contestant doesn't know what lies behind the curtain. It could be a brand-new Corvette; a two-week, all-expense-paid vacation to Hawaii; or a case of dill pickles! It's the contestant's choice: Trade what he or she already has been given for the promise of something better or play it safe and keep what he or she already has. The drama of the show is increased as winners constantly are offered opportunities to improve their prizes but always with the risk of dill pickles.
BY THE WAY - as a bonus, let me posit to you the "Monty Hall Problem". It is a classic problem used in statistics. Monty shows you three doors. Behind one is a car and behind the other two are goats. You pick door number one. Monty then shows you what's behind door number two - a goat - and offers to let you stay with door number one or switch to door number two. What should you do, stay, switch, or does it not make any difference?
At this point in the "Greater Reward" sermon series, I wonder if the unanswered question on a lot of our minds is, "Exactly WHAT is behind door number three? Why would I give up so much that has value in the here and now, for some unknown and ill-d ...
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