TITLE:
Frog In A Pothole
TEXT: Romans 6:12-17
PROPOSITION: We can
get out of sinful holes.
QUESTION: How?
KEY
WORD:
Ways
READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
Every spring - potholes in the roads.
Our lives also get potholes in them.
Problems and troubles, our lives get jarred around
Sin and evil
Wrong direction in our thinking
Frog in a deep pothole - could not jump out - trapped - next day seen in town – He was OK – He was asked how he managed to escape
His answer - "A truck was coming and I HAD TO GET OUT."
Here are three ways to get out of your potholes.
We must choose - not straddle the fence
Exodus 32:26 Who is on the Lord's side?
Joshua 24:15 Choose ye this day
Deuteronomy 30:19 Choose life or death, blessing or cursing
I Kings 18:21 How long halt between two opinions?
Matthew 6:24 Can't serve two masters
Indecision will kill you!
Know where you are - the danger you are in
John 8:34, 44 Servant of sin, your father = devil
Acts 8:23 Bond of iniquity, gall -bitterness
Romans 6:16 Servant of sin or righteousness?
II Peter 2:19 In bondage to sin
Crisis = Not have a clear understanding of situation, distorted reality
Decide to act NOW!
Matthew 12:50 Do the will of the Father
John 7:17 Will to do his will
Ephesians 6:6 Do will of God from heart
Hebrews 4:7 Today, do not harden your heart
There is danger in not acting NOW.
Conclusion:
A boy was pushing father in wheelchair past cemetery - two men inside dividing fish - "Now get those two outside the fence." Father beats son home. Mother says, "Go back and get pa's wheelchair, you know pa can't walk a step."
"Now is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2