[Biblemat] Walking in the Light (11/9/08)

Sun Nov 9 19:42:42 CST 2008

Walking in the Light

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Psalm 119:105)

November 9, 2008

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INFORMATION:

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CONTENTS:

"What Do Others See In Us?" (Richard Thetford)

"God Provides the Light for Each Step" (Selected)

SENTENCE SERMONS

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WHAT DO OTHERS SEE IN US?

Richard Thetford

Several years ago I taught a teenage class and we studied the book entitled
""I Can Do It" by Willard Conchin. These lessons focused on our Christian
life and how we can better serve God by determining to examine every area of
our life, ensuring that we are doing our best for the Lord. One of these
lessons showed us how we can be a good example before others.

Everyone Is An Example

Everyone of us is an example. The question is "what kind of example are we?"
We can be a good example or a bad example and no matter where we are, or
what we're doing we are confessing or denying Christ by our example (Matthew
10:32-33). Our greatest example is Jesus Christ. It is Jesus that we should
imitate as we strive to serve Him each day. But there are many other Bible
examples. Names such as Abraham, David, Solomon, Moses, Jonah, Lot's wife,
Noah, and Jacob to name just a few are all examples. In each of their lives
we can read the recorded accounts of the kind of example they were before
God. What is it that others are writing about us? Can it be said of us that
we are examples worthy to be imitated. The apostle Paul said: "I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in
me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the
Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). It
would be so good if each one of us would be able to make that kind of
statement and to prove it by the way we DO live our life.

We Are Preaching

Whether we want to be a preacher or not, the fact is that we ARE preaching a
lesson to others every day that we live. Hopefully, the lesson we are
preaching is one that will have a positive, godly influence upon others.
Several years ago a dear sister in Christ, Ellen Kyle wrote the following
poem:

The Only Bible

If your life was the only Bible others were able to read,

How would you tell God's story to a world in desperate need?

Could those who never opened God's book still learn of God's love and care,

Would they see a Christ-like example, the one God tells us to wear?

Would they see the same love that Christ had, for the lost souls on this
earth?

Would the way that you treat your brother reflect what a soul is worth?

Would you be an example to others of gentleness, faith and love?

For these are virtues that can only be gained by trusting in God above.

Would you teach meekness and temperance in all that you say and do?

Would others see peace, longsuffering and joy, as the fruits of God's spirit
shine through?

Would your life be such an example that souls to Christ you could lead,

If your life was the only Bible they were ever able to read?

It is good for us to always examine our life and make sure that all we do is
truly pleasing to God. Paul said: "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). Can it
be said of us that we are Christians because one can tell by the manner of
life that we live? If everyone did measure Christians by the life that we
live, what would they really think about Christians?

We should never be afraid to have others pattern their lives after ours
because we should be living the Christian life every day. We should be as
bold as Paul when he said: "Those things, which ye have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with
you" (Philippians 4:9).

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GOD PROVIDES THE LIGHT FOR EACH STEP

Selected

Someone has observed, "He who carries a lantern on a dark night sees only
one step ahead. With each step, the lamp moves forward and another step is
made plain. He finally reaches his destination in safety without once
walking in darkness. This is the method of God's guidance."

When a person becomes a Christian, he knows his ultimate destination and is
assured of his safe arrival. But the dark cloud of the unknown can veil the
pilgrim pathway. Potential pitfalls, lurking dangers, and tragic missteps
often upset the weary traveler and rob him of the peace and confidence the
Lord intended for him to enjoy.

But Christians refuse to worry about tomorrow and trust Him for today. They
find by the light of God's Word the grace and guidance for every step. Even
as a lantern illuminates each new step on a dark road at night, so the lamp
of Scripture provides light on our pathway.

It isn't necessary to see beyond what the Lord reveals. Following His
leading, there's always enough light for each step of the way.

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SENTENCE SERMONS

Faith is produced by hearing and is seen by action.

To multiply joy you must share it.

When you give in to God, God will give out to you.

In order to keep the faith, you must properly use it.

If your religion costs little, it is worth little.

Unless sin is confessed, it will remain and fester.

A man who fears the face of God need not be feared by man.

A man isn't as worth while as an apple tree if he doesn't grow anything but
older.

It's kind of hard for a child to learn to live right if he's never seen it
done.

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SERMON

The Fire Burned (with PowerPoint Charts) 

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