"The Three Biggest Lies of Sin"

"The Three Biggest Lies of Sin"

The Three Worst Sermon Types

The Three Worst Sermon Types:

Preaching is a very important part of the ministry. It should never be undermined or discounted. The man that would mount the sacred desk should realize that he has a serious responsibility before God to feed his flock. Sermons should be well prepared, prayed over, and delivered clearly if they are to be of any help.

God uses all types of personalities. He uses the serious, the jokester, the cryer, the straight shooter, and the intelectual all the same. There are many effective ways to communicate Bible truth to a congregation, and there are many ineffective way to communicate a Bible truth to a crowd.

Let me give you just a few of the worst sermon types:

1. All Shout - No Substance

The man that would mount the pulpit with fire in his belly should be able to articulate what he is so excited about. If a man is excited about a truth, then he should be able to explain that truth. There are secular speakers that are able to work a crowd into an emotional upheaval with sad stories, emotional displays, and a dynamic delivery. I fear that some in the ministry know how to do the same thing. The command to "preach the word" still stands today. Away with rhetoric, cliches, one liners, and generic sayings. Give me something from the Words of God!

2. All Information - No Application

There are many covenants, laws, prophecies, and traditions in the Bible. These things can be very detailed and complicated. Some men have taken it upon themselves to learn the intricate details of these concepts, and preach them to their congregations.

The difficulty comes with the application of these concepts to the average listener. Many people in the pews are not helped by an exposition of the second toe on the left foot of the beast in Daniel 2. If a preacher would go into these concepts, he must make sure that there is some application that the listener can apply to their life. If not, then you are just boring them.

3. No Shout - No Substance

We have all heard the hopelessly boring man preach with substance. We endured his lack of personality to get the Bible message he was giving us. Then there is the hopelessly boring man that preaches without substance. Not only is he missing a personality, he is missing a message.

These men tax people's patience, weary teenager's souls, and make children think that church is boring. Nothing is worse than going to church without feeling like you have gone to church. Imagine being invited over to someone's house for a meal, only to find that there is nothing to eat when you get there. The man that has no substance does the same thing spiritually to his listeners.

Conclusion: 

Every sermon should have three basic elements: Substance, Shout, and Application. All effective communication has these elements, and sermons should too.

Verses Proving Eternal Security

Eternal Security

By: Spencer Smith

Definition: 

Eternal security, also known as "once saved, always saved", is the belief that from the moment anyone becomes a Christian, they will be saved from hell, and will not lose salvation. Eternal security is also known as "preservation of the saints", but should not be confused with the Calvinist doctrine of perseverance of the saints. - wikipedia.com 

Verses Proving this Doctrine:

John 10: 27-29

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand.

John 5:24 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 3:16 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Jude 1:24 

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

1 John 5:13 

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

2 Corinthians 1:22 

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Ephesians 4:20

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Romans 8:38-39

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 2:8-10

 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Philippians 1:6 

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 6:18-20

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

John 17:9-12: 

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee, Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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Please consider these verses and realize that once you are born into the family of God, then there is really no way to be “unborn”. 

We love you all!

-Spencer