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Losing Jesus In A Worldly Crowd
Contributed by Kenneth Tankersley on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: MANY TODAY, HAVE LOST SIGHT OF JESUS IN A WORLDLY CROWD.3. MANY LOST PEOPLE WOULD GET SAVED IF THEY WOULD TURN LOOSE OF THE WORLDLY WAYS AND LET GOD HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES. 4. MANY BACKSLIDERS WOULD COME BACK TO THE LORD IF THEY WOULD SUBMIT THEMSEL
3. SCRIPTURE SAYS: “WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF” (FULLY REALIZED HOW FAR DOWN SIN’S ROAD HE HAD COME.
I LIKE THE WAY ONE OLD PREACHER SAID IT:
HE DROPPED THE PAIL, JUMPED THE RAIL AND HIT THE TRAIL.
IV. THE HINDRANCE OF THE CROWD WILL INFLUENCE YOU.
LUKE 19 TELLS THE STORY OF ZACCEUS, WHO WANTED TO SEE JESUS, BUT COULD NOT SEE FOR THE CROWD.
(A) HE HAD TO GET ABOVE THE CROWD TO GET A LOOK AT JESUS.
1. AS LONG AS YOUR EYES ARE UPON THE WORLD, SATAN WILL BLIND YOU FROM SEEING JESUS.
(B) WHEN ZACCEUS GOT ABOVE THE CROWD HE SAW JESUS AND GOT SAVED.
1. WHEN YOU SEE THE NEED FOR CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE GOD WILL SAVE YOU.
2. WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE SINFUL STATE OF YOUR SOUL, LOST AND CONDEMNED TO HELL, YOU CAN THEN SEE YOUR NEED FOR SALVATION.
V. YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE WORLDLY CROWD BY THEIR LIFESTYLE.
FIVE (5) THINGS THE WORLD DOES NOT HAVE.
1. HAVE NO SPIRITUAL STRENGTH
2. THEY HAVE NO SPIRITUAL RIGHTEOUSNESS.
3. THEY HAVE NO HOPE OF SALVATION OUTSIDE OF CHRIST.
4. THEY HAVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE THEM**
5. MOST IMPORTANT; THEY ARE WITHOUT CHRIST
(A) A CHRISTIAN CANNOT BE COMFORTABLE IN A WORLDLY CROWD. (OPEN SHAMELESS SIN, GOD’S NAME IN VAIN ETC.)
(B) A CHRISTIAN CANNOT BE CONTENT IN A WORLDLY CROWD
(HE WILL LONG FOR THE COMFORT AND FELLOWSHIP OF SAINTS.)
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT GIVE HIM REST.
CONCLUSION: VERSE 45: THEY WENT BACK TO JERUSALEM, LOOKING FOR JESUS, BACK WHERE THEY LOST HIM.
IF YOU HAVE LOST JESUS IN A WORLDLY CROWD, GO BACK TO WHERE YOU LOST HIM; GO BACK TO WHERE YOU BROKE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. BACK TO AN OLD FASHIONED ALTER.
