Sunday Evening Sermon Outline - 11/27/11

Are There Any Guarantees?

John 3:1-19

I)                   Does A Christian Home Provide A Guarantee of Eternal Salvation?

a.       Samuel was as Godly a man as we see in the Bible

                                                              i.      He ministered (worshipped) unto the Lord (I Samuel 2:11)

                                                            ii.      He grew and was in favour with both the Lord and man (I Samuel 2:26)

                                                          iii.      This is said of Jesus in Luke 2:52

                                                          iv.      All Samuel’s words were meaningful and true (I Samuel 3:19)

                                                            v.      Samuel was a judge (I Samuel 7:6 & 15-17), a prophet (I Samuel 3:20) and even fulfilled the office of priest (I Samuel 7:9-10)

b.      Samuel’s sons received no guarantee of eternal salvation from their father’s piety

                                                              i.      Samuel’s sons were ungodly in behaviour (I Samuel 8:1-3)

                                                            ii.      Samuel’s sons were greedy of material gain (I Samuel 8:1-3)

c.       Living in a Christian home is a good thing but it is no guarantee of eternal salvation

II)                Does A Sinner Home Provide A Guarantee of Eternal Damnation?

a.       Ahaz was as wicked a man as we see in the Bible

                                                              i.      Ahaz did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God (II Kings 16:1-2)

                                                            ii.      Ahaz made his son pass through the fire (II Kings 16:3), which was a religious ritual of the false god Molech (Leviticus 28:21)

                                                          iii.      Not content to have his children pass through the fire, he actually had his children burned in the fires (II Chronicles 28:3-4)

b.      Hezekiah received no guarantee of eternal damnation from his father’s wickedness

                                                              i.      He did that which was right in the sight of God (II Kings 18:1-3)

                                                            ii.      He removed the high places of false worship and destroyed their images (II Kings 18:4)

                                                          iii.      He trusted the Lord and clave to the Lord and the Lord was with him (II Kings 18:5-7)

c.       Living in a sinner home is not a good thing but it is no guarantee of eternal damnation.

III)             Does Christ Provide A Guarantee of Either Salvation or Damnation?

a.       Jesus is the most Godly man (God/Man) that ever lived

                                                              i.      Jesus fulfilled God’s plan of eternal salvation (John 3:14)

                                                            ii.      Jesus alone can provide a guarantee of eternal salvation (John 3:15-16)

                                                          iii.      We are guaranteed eternal through our belief and confession of the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (Romans 10:9-10)

b.      Mankind are the most wicked of all

                                                              i.      Mankind is born lost and without hope (Psalm 51:5)

                                                            ii.      Mankind cannot perform that which is right in the sight of God (Romans 3:10)

                                                          iii.      Not believing on the Lord Jesus Christ is the only guarantee of eternal damnation (John 3:18-19)