Four Little Things
A. NOT ALL OUR LESSONS IN MIGHTY SERMONS OR GREAT STORIES.
B. THERE ARE LESSON IN EVERY FACET OF GOD’S CREATION.
C. SOLOMON MENTIONS “4 LITTLE THINGS” WISER THAN SOME MEN.
A. HE HAS THE FORSIGHT TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.
B. IF ONLY WE HAD THAT KIND OF WISDOM
1. We have much to do( Titus 2:14; Matt. 9:36-38 ).
2. We are limited as to time – Urgency ( John 9:4 ).
3. The night comes too soon for some ( James 4:14 ).
4. We ought to exercise more wisdom ( Eph. 5:15-16 ).
A. HE KNOWS HIS WEAKNESS AND LIVES IN A SAFE PLACE.
B. MAN NEEDS TO KNOW THE DANGER OF SIN ( Rom. 3:23; 1 John 1:8 ).
C. THE CONSEQUENCE( Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:1, 12; Ez. 18:20 ).
D. MAN MUST COME TO THE ROCK OF SAFETY.
1. Jesus is God’s rock! ( 1 Pet. 2:4-6; 1 Cor. 10:4 ).
2. The only source of Salvation ( Acts 4:12 ).
E. WHERE HAVE YOU BUILT YOUR HOUSE? ( Matt. 7:24-27 ).
A. THEY RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH OF UNITY AND GO TOGETHER.
B. UNITY OF HIS PEOPLE WAS THE LAST REQUEST OF THE LORD
( John 17:20-23 ).
C. IT WAS DEMANDED IN HIS NAME ( 1 Cor. 1:10 ).
D. HIS PEOPLE STRIVE FOR IT ( Eph. 4:1-3; Phil. 1:27 ).
A. HE KNOWS NO ONE IS GOING TO ANSWER FOR HIM OR HELP HIM
BUILD HIS HOUSE, SO HE BUILDS IT HIMSELF – THE RESULT?
B. WE MUST ANSWER ( Ez. 18:20 ).
C. WE MUST DO OUR OWN WORK ( Gal. 6:5 ).
D. WE WON’T GET TO HEAVEN ON SOMEONE ELSE’S COATTAILS ( Luke 3:8 ).
E. AGAIN: IT IS WHAT WE DO OURSELVES ( 2 Cor. 5:10; 6:1 ).
A. ARE YOU READY FOR JUDGMENT?
B. IS JESUS YOUR STRENGTH?
C. HAVE YOU OBEYED HIS TEACHING?
