Saturday, January 01, 2005

Your Last Year?

5 Reasons why This could be your last year at {Insert name of your church here}
*my sunday sermon

1. Foundations can be Forgotton- (Rev 2:1-7) If your local church has left their first love, it may be removed by Christ.

2. Freedom is Fleeting- Religious freedoms are beginning to be challenged. If public church was against the law, would you continue being part of the church?

3. Faith is a Fight- You don't know what this year has in store. Do you have a strong enough faith to endure? (1 Timothy 6:11-12, 2 Timothy 4:7).

4. Flesh is Failing- (Genesis 5) The human death rate is 1 per person. Now is the time for salvation. We never know when our last breath will be.

5. Christ is Coming- (Philippians 3:20) We are eagerly awaiting the return of Christ. 2005 could be the year of His return.

Every day is a precious gift from God
Time is a responsibility, not a right
2005 is a gift, not a guarantee
This could be your last year here
Seize the day!

6 comments:

Robin said...

Nice. I'd love to read the rest of it. Good ideas in there, though. The only thing missing is scripture references for point 2.

matthew said...

For point 2 I just contrasted the persecution the early church faced with the kind of legal persecution we are beginning to face in North America. That was my shortest point. I just gave a few examples from current events.

Anonymous said...

is the human death rate seriously 1 per person?!?! crap!

matthew said...

Well...there is Enoch and Elijah I guess

You could take your chances

Anonymous said...

in reference to point five, i will soon be publishing a book titled "2005 reasons why Christ will return in 2005"

thanks for the inspiration matt

matthew said...

What month will that be? I want to know if it's worth trying to find a girlfriend at this point.