What Will You Do With Christ?

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH CHRIST?

MATTHEW 27:22

INTRO: This is the most important question that any man can consider. If we do the right thing with Jesus, we get everything that is worth having for time and for eternity.

If we do the wrong thing with Jesus, we lose everything that is worth having for time and for eternity.

I. WHAT DEPENDS UPON WHAT WE DO WITH JESUS.

A. Our acceptance or rejection depends on what we do with Jesus.

1. John 3:18. If we accept him, God will accept us. If we

reject him, God will reject us.

2. The most moral and upright man can reject Christ, and god

will reject him.

II. OUR BECOMING SONS OF GOD, OR SONS OF THE

DEVIL DEPENDS UPON WHAT WE DO WITH CHRIST.

A. "To as many as received him, to them gave he power to become

sons of God."

B. Not by doing good, not by living purely. Not by reading the

Bible, not by praying, but by receiving him.

III. OUR HAVING PEACE DEPENDS SOLELY:

A. Our becoming Sons of God, or Children of the Devil.

B. Our having peace depends solely upon what we de with Christ.

C. Our having Joy depends solely upon what we do with Christ.

D. Our having Eternal Life depends solely upon what we do with

Christ.

IV. WHAT WE MUST DO WITH CHRIST.

A. We must do something with Jesus.

1. We have him on our hands.

2. Pilate had Jesus on his hands and he couldn’t get him off,

neither can we.

B. We must accept him or reject him.

C. We must let him into our hearts or shut him out.

D. We must take our stand for him, or stand against him.