LTCi 2011 Fall Semester Opening Sermon

Richard Chamberlain

http://rdcramblings.com/

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Be watchful,
stand firm in the
faith, act like
men, be strong.
Let all that you
do be done in
love.
1 Cor 16:13-14


Be watchful, Be on your
stand firm in the guard; stand
faith, act like firm in the faith;
men, be strong. be courageous;
Let all that you be strong. Do
do be done in everything in
love. love.
1 Cor 16:13-14


Be watchful - keep your eyes open

Who are you?
The battle is on
for your soul
(identity)!
The devil prowls
around like a roaring
lion


Your flesh is strong

Flee the evil desires of youth and
pursue righteousness, faith, love
and peace, along with those who
call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Don’t have anything to do with
foolish and stupid arguments,
because you know they produce
quarrels


Temptation is all around
Therefore let anyone who thinks
that he stands take heed lest he
fall. No temptation has overtaken
you that is not common to man.
God is faithful, and he will not let
you be tempted beyond your
ability, but with the temptation
he will also provide the way of
escape, that you may be able to
endure it.
Therefore, my beloved, flee from
idolatry.

“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be
on your guard against the yeast of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.”...
[Jesus] said to them, “Watch out! Be
on your guard against all kinds of
greed; life does not consist in an
abundance of possessions.”...Even
from your own number men will
arise and distort the truth in order
to draw away disciples after them.
So be on your guard! Remember
that for three years I never stopped
warning each of you night and day
with tears.

Stand firm in the faith - hold tight
to your convictions

Are you a parrot?
Do you know what
you believe?
Prov 2:1-5, 2 Tim 2:15,


Therefore put on the full
armor of God, so that when
the day of evil comes, you
may be able to stand your
ground, and after you have
done everything, to stand.
Stand firm then...It is for
freedom that Christ has set
us free. Stand firm, then,
and do not let yourselves be
burdened again by a yoke of
slavery...


...Now it is God who makes both
us and you stand firm in Christ.
He anointed us, set his seal of
ownership on us, and put his
Spirit in our hearts as a deposit,
guaranteeing what is to come (2
Cor 1:21)...So then, brothers and
sisters, stand firm and hold fast
to the teachings we passed on to
you, whether by word of mouth
or by letter. (2 Thess 2:15)


Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,
When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the strong tides lift and the cables strain,
Will your anchor drift, or firm remain?

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.


act like men - give it all you've got

"It is doubtful whether God can
Meet a couple man greatly until He has
bless a of
hurt him deeply."
superheroes

AWTozer


act like men - give it all you've got

Meet a couple of
superheroes


February 19, 1812, young
Adoniram Judson, and his
bride of seven days, Ann
Haseltine Judson, set sail for
India...The Judsons were
rejected entrance into India to
preach the Gospel to the
Hindus by the East India
Company and after many
trying times, frustrations,
fears, and failures, they finally
found an open door in
Rangoon, Burma.


There was not one known Christian in that land
of millions. And there were no friends in that
robber-infested, idolatry-infected, iniquity-filled
land. A baby was born to alleviate the loneliness
of the young couple, but it was to be only for a
temporary time. Eight months later, Roger
William Judson was buried under a great mango
tree. The melancholy "tum-tum" of the death
drum for the thousands claimed by cholera, and
the firing cannons and beating on houses with
clubs to ward off demons, tormented the
sensitive, spiritual souls of that missionary
couple, too.


And there were no converts. It was
to be six, long, soul-crushing, heart-
breaking years before the date of
the first decision for Christ. Then,
on June 27, 1819, Judson baptized
the first Burman believer, Moung
Nau. Judson jotted in his journal:
"Oh, may it prove to be the
beginning of a series of baptisms in
the Burman empire which shall
continue in uninterrupted success
to the end of the age." Converts
were added slowly — a second, then
three, then six, and on to eighteen.


But opposition came, also. Finally Judson was
imprisoned as a British spy — an imprisonment
of twenty-one months. Judson was condemned
to die, but in answer to prayers to God and the
incessant pleadings of his wife to officials (one of
the most emotional-packed, soul-stirring stories
in evangelism), Judson's life was spared and
finally British intervention freed him from
imprisonment.


Adoniram Judson served
37 years in Myanmar with
just 8,000 converts.

William Carey labored for
7 years before his first
convert in India.

Robert Morrison worked
for 25 years in China with
less than a dozen
converts.


be strong - be resolute

Dictionary:
Admirably purposeful,
determined, and unwavering
...you are both staunch and
steadfast, but the emphasis here
is on character and a firm
adherence to your own goals
and purposes rather than to
those of others.


“One day George Mueller began praying for
five of his friends. After many months, one of
them came to the Lord. Ten years later, two
others were converted. It took 25 years
before the fourth man was saved. Mueller
persevered in prayer until his death for the
fifth friend, and throughout those 52 years
he never gave up hoping that he would
accept Christ! His faith was rewarded, for
soon after Mueller’s funeral the last one was
saved.”


"God does nothing except
in response to believing
prayer."
John Wesley

“There is a mighty lot of
difference between saying
prayers and praying.”
John G. Lake


Let all that you do be done in
love - love without stopping

Where
is your
focus?


Love God - Love your
neighbour

"What comes into our
minds when we think
about God is the most
important thing about
us."
AWTozer

How much time do
you spend loving
yourself?

Where there is no prophetic
vision the people cast off
restraint...

Where there is no revelation,
people cast off restraint...

If people can't see what God
is doing, they stumble all
over themselves;


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