Listen<\/p>\n
Date written: September 2nd, 2006<\/p>\n
Scripture ref: Philippians 3:8-10<\/p>\n
SUBJECT: Jesus, Salvation<\/p>\n
TITLE: “I’d Rather Have Jesus”<\/p>\n
PROPOSITION: I’d rather have Jesus than 1) Wealth, 2) Popularity, 3) Sin and Its Consequences.<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVE: That each would join with Paul in declaring all things lost for the sake of Christ.<\/p>\n
AIM: To encourage all to have Jesus in their life above all other things.<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
1. Read: Philippians 3:8-10<\/p>\n
2. About the Text:<\/p>\n
1) If there was ever anyone who proclaimed, “Id rather have Jesus”it was the apostle Paul.<\/p>\n
2) Paul was a Pharisee of Pharisees.<\/p>\n
3) He had an education.<\/p>\n
4) He had a place among the religious rulers of the day.<\/p>\n
5) Yet he gave up all of those things to know Christ and Him crucified.<\/p>\n
3. About the sermon.<\/p>\n
1) We have a song in our song book, “I’d Rather Have Jesus.”<\/p>\n
2) This song talks about desiring to have Christ in our life more than anything else.<\/p>\n
3) Let’s talk about how we ought to rather have Jesus.<\/p>\n
4. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION: I’d Rather Have Jesus Than…<\/p>\n
I. WEALTH<\/p>\n
1. Wealth has always drawn the allure of men.<\/p>\n
1) Many think that wealth can solve all of life’s problems.<\/p>\n
2) They pursue wealth at all costs including their personal lives, families, and belongings.<\/p>\n
2. But wealth is fleeting.<\/p>\n
1) Matthew 6:19 “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.”<\/p>\n
2) 1 Timothy 6:17 says that riches are “uncertain.”<\/p>\n
3) 1 John 2:17 says that the world passes away.<\/p>\n
3. Moreover, one can’t pursue both wealth and God.<\/p>\n
1) Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”<\/p>\n
2) 1 Timothy 6:9 “But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”<\/p>\n
4. Jesus offers so much more than wealth.<\/p>\n
1) Happiness, Contentment, Love, Hope these are all things that Jesus has that wealth cannot give.<\/p>\n
2) Consider John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.”<\/p>\n
3) Jesus also provides for us salvation which all the wealth of the world cannot buy.<\/p>\n
4) Consider Psalm 49:6-7 “They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:”<\/p>\n
II. POPULARITY<\/p>\n
1. There are many today who desire popularity.<\/p>\n
1) We are social creatures.<\/p>\n
2) We desire interaction with other people.<\/p>\n
2. People, however, are fickle.<\/p>\n
1) Friends come and go. Friends today may not be friends tomorrow.<\/p>\n
2) Popularity often turns upon one or two individuals’ opinions.<\/p>\n
3) Pilate allowed his fear of being unpopular to crucify Jesus.<\/p>\n
3. The Bible teaches that we are to please God, not men.<\/p>\n
1) Galatians 1:10 “For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”<\/p>\n
2) Acts 5:29 “We ought to obey God rather than men.”<\/p>\n
3) 1 Thessalonians 2:4 “But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.”<\/p>\n
4. The Christian would rather have Jesus than all of the popularity in the world.<\/p>\n
1) Jesus gives friendship that never ends so long as we desire His friendship.<\/p>\n
2) John 15:14-15 “Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.”<\/p>\n
3) Like Abraham, we can be God’s friend if we have constant faith in Him ( James 2:23).<\/p>\n
4) And if God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)<\/p>\n
III. SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES<\/p>\n
1. Sin is very alluring.<\/p>\n
5) Sin never says “I a sin.”It always presents itself as something attractive.<\/p>\n
6) Sin offers pleasure.<\/p>\n
7) Sin doesn’t warn us regarding its consequences.<\/p>\n
5. The Bible teaches that sin separates us from God.<\/p>\n
1) Isaiah 59:2<\/p>\n
2) Romans 6:23<\/p>\n
3) When we come into the bondage of sin, we are slaves to it. “Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.”( John 8:34)<\/p>\n
6. Jesus, however, provides deliverance from sin.<\/p>\n
1) Jesus provides the truth which sets us free: John 8:31-32 “If ye abide in my words….”<\/p>\n
2) Romans 8:36 “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”<\/p>\n
3) Romans 6:17-18 “But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.”<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
1. I’d rather have Jesus than…<\/p>\n
1) Wealth<\/p>\n
2) Popularity<\/p>\n
3) Sin and Its Consequences<\/p>\n
2. Invitation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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