Sermon
Text: 1 John 3: 2KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is.
Sermon
Title: God’s Gladiators
Historical
Context
Definition:
·
Sons
of God
·
Prolepsis
Point
1: God’s
Gladiators have to battle the culture Romans 12: 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
Point 2: God’s Gladiators have
to fight the battle of going it alone
Ecclesiastes
4: 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down, his friend can help him up, but pity the man who falls and
has no one to help him up! Deut 32: 30 One can put a thousand to flight two can
put ten thousand to flight
Point 3: God’s Gladiators have
to fight the battle for their wife/family
Point
4:
God’s Gladiators have to fight wounded 2 Cor 6: 4…in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
(5) in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless night and
hunger…(9) known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten
and yet we live on…
Life
Application:
1. Accept your special relationship with God
through Jesus Christ
2. Fight and don’t ever give up
3. Remember you are man…already but not
yet…in process
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