The Finishing Touch Series

THE FINISHING TOUCH

Luke Chapter 14 vs 28-30

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, this man began to build, and was not able to finish.

A I look around this church this morning I see what God has given us all. A beautiful place to come and worship God in.

I have walked around, and I have seen how nice to have all the things we do have.

But… God has shown has also shown me there are things here that are just not finished yet. There are still more work to be done and this morning I would like to bring forth and say to this church,

WE NEED SOME FINISHING TOUCHES HERE!

3 things God has pointed out to me that needs to be finished.

#1- As I walked in here this morning, I noticed the DOORS; they need some more work that needs to be done to them. They need some finishing touches to them.

For one thing those doors need sinners to come through them.

Have you noticed that doors open for people to come in and also for people to walk out. One thing is we should always make sure those doors will open.

Have we neglected the fact that doors also keep people shut out, by locking them and I am not talking about the key and lock system but how we treat and invite those that do come through those doors for rest and understanding.

I also said those doors need to open outward and when they do those doors needs servants of God walking out through those doors.

Churches today never look at the doors as a pathway for God’s work. Listen church, that’s the first thing people look at as the enter the house of God here, those doors.

Let’s look at the sinner’s that come in through those doors and provide them with love and prayer and comfort, let them know we are here for them in their time of mercy and salvation.

They are without God! Without Salvation, without that inner peace that dwells in the heart of every born-again Christian. The first and hardest part for any sinner is to grab those handle or knob to those doors of this church.

Wonder why many od us call unsaved people, Lost? Because they do not know where they are going. Somehow, by the grace of God they have found those doors and entered them.

As far as doors go, we need to make sure they can open both ways, in and out. They need God servants to go out those doors and tell people about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Listen church, most churches only want those doors to open one way! And that is just to walk in those doors.

Do we all want to just sit back and say, “God sends lost sinners to us”, I’m sorry church it doesn’t work that way, God will bless us when we start to put forth an effort that will bring sinners in through those doors.

WE are called of God to go out and spread the Gospel.

HOLD ON PREACHER… You mean I am going to make time other than Sundays to go about God’s business?

Listen… The answer is easy and should be clear and if you have not heard anything I have said yet, listen closely, Yes, it is, make yourself available to God other than just on Sundays.

Asl yourself this question, do I walk out those doors and want to be a servant of God? Do you want to see sinners come through those doors and knell at these alters and give their life to God?

Those people lives will be changed for eternity church, eternity!

Listen, these doors are not finished, they still need some work done to them. Oil those hinges, make sure they can swing both ways free and easy. Every time you walk past those doors, listen, make sure you are doing Gods will, make sure you go out those doors as a servant for God.

#2 – I noticed that we need some finishing touches on the pews here.

Look around here this morning, do you see any pews that are empty? I see quite a few that are empty.

Those pews needs some work to them by filling them up with people that are seeking God, praying to God, serving God.

I’m sure when the original builders of this church was in the process of building this church, they were deciding just how many pews that they were needing for this church.