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Small Church Pastor
Coaching, Consulting, and Resources for Pastors of Smaller Churches.
Sermon outline
Copyright, Dave Jacobs 2008
"The hardest part about sermon preparation is coming up
with your outline. An outline is like the bones of a body. Once
you have the bones, all you need do is hang the meat on it."
- Dave Jacobs
with your outline. An outline is like the bones of a body. Once
you have the bones, all you need do is hang the meat on it."
- Dave Jacobs
No uses for making excuses
By Dave Jacobs
Intro.
1. Lk. 14:1-18a
a. In this culture, being invited by someone to come and share
a meal was an invitation to fellowship.
b. But the people invited began to make excuses.
c. I want to talk about the Father's invitation to us to have
fellowship with Him, and the making of excuses...more
specifically, making excuses for our sins.
2. Making excuses for our sins will keep us from wading
deeper into the fellowship with God we all desire, and He
so desperately wants.
a. You decide how deep you want to go.
b. Like wading into a lake or ocean.
3. If we make excuses for our sins, we won't go very deep
in fellowship with the Father.
Body:
Excuses we make for our sins:
1. We blame people
a. Adam blamed Eve, Gen. 3:12
b. Aaron blamed the people, Ex. 32:24
c. Saul blamed Samuel, I Sam. 13:12
d. Lk. 14:20, "...I have married a wife and for that reason I
cannot come."
2. The end justifies the means
a. Saul made this excuse in I Sam. 15:21 for why he kept the spoil.
b. The ends don't justify the means. Just because something turned out ok, doesn't mean the
action was right.
3. I'm too weak
a. Moses did this in Ex. 3:11 & 4:10
b. Jeremiah did this in Jer. 1:6,7
c. "I'm just not that strong of a Christian"
d. scriptures:
- you shall recieve power...Acts 1:8
- God has made us victorious, I Cor. 15:57
- conquerers, Rm. 8:37
- overcomers, I Jn. 5:4
4. Fear
a. Matt. 25: 14-28
b. Fear can drive you to do all kinds of things you shouldn't do.
c. scriptures: "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind." II
Tim. 1:7
5. The pressure of business, or just pressure in general
a. Lk. 14:16-19
b. We all come under times of pressure, but it's no excuse.
c. scriptures: "In the world you will have tribulation (pressure), but be of good cheer, for I have
overcome the world." Jn. 16:33
Conclusion:
1. If making excuses is not the solution, then what is?
2. admit (confession) I John I:9 "If we confess our sins...."
3. stop it (repentance) "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord." Acts 3:19
4. God wants you to wade deep into fellowship with Him, how deep will you choose to go?
By Dave Jacobs
Intro.
1. Lk. 14:1-18a
a. In this culture, being invited by someone to come and share
a meal was an invitation to fellowship.
b. But the people invited began to make excuses.
c. I want to talk about the Father's invitation to us to have
fellowship with Him, and the making of excuses...more
specifically, making excuses for our sins.
2. Making excuses for our sins will keep us from wading
deeper into the fellowship with God we all desire, and He
so desperately wants.
a. You decide how deep you want to go.
b. Like wading into a lake or ocean.
3. If we make excuses for our sins, we won't go very deep
in fellowship with the Father.
Body:
Excuses we make for our sins:
1. We blame people
a. Adam blamed Eve, Gen. 3:12
b. Aaron blamed the people, Ex. 32:24
c. Saul blamed Samuel, I Sam. 13:12
d. Lk. 14:20, "...I have married a wife and for that reason I
cannot come."
2. The end justifies the means
a. Saul made this excuse in I Sam. 15:21 for why he kept the spoil.
b. The ends don't justify the means. Just because something turned out ok, doesn't mean the
action was right.
3. I'm too weak
a. Moses did this in Ex. 3:11 & 4:10
b. Jeremiah did this in Jer. 1:6,7
c. "I'm just not that strong of a Christian"
d. scriptures:
- you shall recieve power...Acts 1:8
- God has made us victorious, I Cor. 15:57
- conquerers, Rm. 8:37
- overcomers, I Jn. 5:4
4. Fear
a. Matt. 25: 14-28
b. Fear can drive you to do all kinds of things you shouldn't do.
c. scriptures: "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind." II
Tim. 1:7
5. The pressure of business, or just pressure in general
a. Lk. 14:16-19
b. We all come under times of pressure, but it's no excuse.
c. scriptures: "In the world you will have tribulation (pressure), but be of good cheer, for I have
overcome the world." Jn. 16:33
Conclusion:
1. If making excuses is not the solution, then what is?
2. admit (confession) I John I:9 "If we confess our sins...."
3. stop it (repentance) "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord." Acts 3:19
4. God wants you to wade deep into fellowship with Him, how deep will you choose to go?
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| Each week I'll post a different sermon outline. This is an outline, not a full sermon. I wanted to save you some time but not take away the responsibility of developing your own message. The outline is like the bones of a body. Once you have the bones all you need do is hang the meat on it. You can cut and paste the outline off of this page or download a Word document. For a Word document of this outline click here. |
