Title: Cut to the Quick (6)
Series: Strong and Courageous
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: Acts 7:51-60
If you have your Bible, please turn to Acts chapter 7. It was six weeks ago that we began the sermon series that I've entitled "Strong and Courageous." It's our theme for the church this year from Joshua chapter 1, verse 9, where the LORD says to Joshua, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Now, we are attracted to people of courage, to people who are strong and courageous. There's just something about us when we see somebody stand up and be brave and bold, we're attracted to that, and we want to emulate that. But now, we also know that not everybody is gung-ho about the courageous. And when you stand up to boldly speak up for Jesus, to boldly walk with Jesus, to be a lamp shining in a dark place, as the Scripture says, not everybody is going to cheer you. Jesus said, "If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you. But because you're not of the world, I have taken you out of the world, therefore, the world hates you."
Teddy Roosevelt, the youngest President to ever serve. He was the 26th President. He became President when he was 42 years old. He had this statement that is so powerful. He says this: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does, who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievemen ...
Series: Strong and Courageous
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: Acts 7:51-60
If you have your Bible, please turn to Acts chapter 7. It was six weeks ago that we began the sermon series that I've entitled "Strong and Courageous." It's our theme for the church this year from Joshua chapter 1, verse 9, where the LORD says to Joshua, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Now, we are attracted to people of courage, to people who are strong and courageous. There's just something about us when we see somebody stand up and be brave and bold, we're attracted to that, and we want to emulate that. But now, we also know that not everybody is gung-ho about the courageous. And when you stand up to boldly speak up for Jesus, to boldly walk with Jesus, to be a lamp shining in a dark place, as the Scripture says, not everybody is going to cheer you. Jesus said, "If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you. But because you're not of the world, I have taken you out of the world, therefore, the world hates you."
Teddy Roosevelt, the youngest President to ever serve. He was the 26th President. He became President when he was 42 years old. He had this statement that is so powerful. He says this: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does, who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievemen ...
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