He had no idea of the existence of Demetrius, and did not dream that he was hurting anybody. If we are not ready to succumb to evil, it turns on us, and delights to inflict pain by look, by word, by deed. Seat of Christ. If I can encourage you tonight: always take those as your example who you know are Christlike, if you can find any. You cannot take my Bible from me; if you could prove that the Apostle John wrote the Pentateuch, and that Moses wrote the Apocalypse, and that the Apocalypse should come in the middle of the Bible, you have not touched what I hold to be the revelation of God to the human heart. III. It will reach men that he never thought of and interests that he never contemplated. Here is Diotrephes stirring up problems, and the apostle is pronouncing peace upon them! He was preaching Christ fearlessly, freely. The question is: whether it is good or bad? The big question is: what is your influence? Their personal gain was the real idol. Let us not be dismayed, although the pillars of the earth should be shaken and all things should seem to be out of course (Psalm 93:1-4). Another blunder was falsehood. He decided to do it by disposing of his fortune when he died, and his last will and testament would be the expression of his life's ideals. 2. But notice what killed Ephesus, and what has killed most of the cities that lie buried in the cemetery of nations.

In the old world Noah alone was found faithful, while the rest had corrupted their ways. Add to this that the old religions had a grand history, a gorgeous aspect, and a worldwide popularity, which gave them an immense influence over their devotees. 4.

Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, Sermon for September 25th (Raising a godly child), Sermon for September 18th (God is Not Fair! A genuine Christian walk will be marked by the integrity, humility, and generosity of a life lived in response to God’s love and grace. 12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. It was the pretext under which Demetrius and his accomplices concealed their design to secure the gain which they derived from the folly and delusion of their countrymen. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. Subscribe to our email updates to receive bi-monthly notifications of new content. 'Preach The Word' is a not-for-profit Christian ministry which exists to provide sound Bible teaching to all. II. Instead of the cold baths that had been the invigoration of the people, the hot baths, which are only intended for the infirm or the invalid, were substituted. But here's my challenge to you my friend tonight: imagine tomorrow morning, your obituary suddenly appears in the paper. Business was neglected and a hot bath taken four or five times a day. and the continuity/welfare of the local church. It was transcribed from the twenty third recording in his '1, 2 and 3 John' series, entitled "Demetrius - The Man Who Was Honoured In God's Work" - Transcribed by Preach The Word. This was a great sinner and, if this is the same Demetrius, you can imagine how people all over the church would have been aware of his miraculous conversion and any change of a subsequent holy life that resulted through grace. Paul had no conception of what he was doing. 2. I want to ask you the first question of two: what example do you follow? He was not a good man, and yet he was not an extremely bad man. It has a majority, but no case. Rejoice when such persecution befalls you.

"This Paul"; not these angels; not these magistrates backed by victorious legions. We need to have the bigness, and the broadness, and the maturity to be able to admit that! Finds out that Alexander is a Jew, or for any other reason is unpopular, his eloquence is useless. be bound or cast out, except there be a mighty power over against him. 14I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. No matter how insignificant you might feel you are, you have got influence on those around you. As far as the general public was concerned, the entire purpose of his life, so said the obituary, was to be a merchant of death. "By this we have our wealth.". Is Christ divided? Hebrews 13 and verse 17: 'Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you, those that have the rule over you' - considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. our parents, the child of God takes on the spiritual characteristics of IV. We say a lot of things, don't we? This does not include hosting or broadcasting the materials on another website, however linking to the resources on preachtheword.com is permitted. Sometimes we spend so much time debating over nonsense that we miss the whole point! Rum sellers cry "fanaticism" and extol "personal liberty." Free Sermon Series for Preaching : In Sermon Series: "demetrius" showing 1-1 of 1 Filter Results Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. June 2006 We must beware of following men to an undue extreme. IV. The fourth was absolutely silent, and then finally he announced that he liked his mother's best of all. love God’s people, God’s man, and God’s church probably fit into the Clement confirms, in a letter which he wrote thirty years after, this testimony. You can filter sermons using the options below: Series.

III. church to church are not acquainted with our Lord!

3. Our lives should be such as men may safely copy us and imitate us - could they? The people who are the examples to follow are not necessarily the people who are always up at the front!

No opposition of evil men today, however they may band themselves together, can truly hinder the progress of Christ's Church. 3. 'Oh yes! Now just imagine for a moment, that all men and women inside the church had a good report of you, and all men outside the church had a good report of you - do you know what that would be? was Paul crucified for you? THE INTENSEST OPPOSITION TO CHRISTIANITY IS AROUSED WHERE SELF-INTEREST IS AFFECTED. It is thus that we preached our morning sermon'. It's a general term speaking that most people in the church looked up to Demetrius and respected him - but you'll never ever get everyone reporting good on you. 19 makes mention of Demetrius the silversmith but he is not the man of says it was the treasure house of nations; they brought gold and silver and precious stones and coronets from across the sea, and put them under the care of Diana of the Ephesians. Here is an assembly of men whose inventive genius and skilful labour were employed in the manufacturing of things offensive to Heaven and debasing to souls. In this case the selfishness was pecuniary. Demetrius got a “good report” of the truth itself.

The novice was delighted at being singled out by Francis, and he was gladly going to be his companion.