WHO RECOMMENDS YOU? SOCIETY MOVES ON RECOMMENDATIONS. TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT. OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A SPIRITUAL SENSE.
1) SELF-RECOMMENDATION
A. 2 COR 10: 12,18
B. IT CAN BE DEPENDABLE, OR UNDEPENDABLE. GOOD OR BAD.
1. SAUL - 1 SAM 15:13
2. THE PHARISEES - LUKE 18:9-14
3. "THE MANY"- MT 7:22
4. ALL CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE RECOMMENDING THEMSELVES AS IS PROVEN TO BE RIGHT -1 PET 2: 11-12
2) OTHERS MAY RECOMMEND US
A. THIS CAN BE GOOD OR BAD DEPENDING ON THE ONE DOING THE RECOMMENDING
B. PAUL - 2 COR 8:16-19; ROMANS 16:1
C. THE MASTER OF THE UNJUST SERVANT - LUKE 16: 1-8
D. SIMEON - LUKE 2:25-28
E. BRETHREN RECOMMENDING OTHERS - ACTS 15:40
F. A VERY SAD THING IS TO SEE CHRISTIANS NOT ABLE TO RECOMMEND OTHERS - BE LIGHTS! MT 5: 12-17
3) MAKE SURE THE LORD RECOMMENDS US!
A. 2 COR 10:18 - THIS IS "THE" RECOMMMENDATION.
B. ABEL AND OTHERS - HEB 11:4FF
C. WHAT ABOUT HEBREWS 11?
D. NATHANIEL - JOHN 1:47
E. MARY - MARK 14: 3 -9
F. THE WOMAN WITH THE TWO MITES - MARK 12: 41-44
G. THIS IS WHAT OUR GOAL SHOULD BE! - MT 25:21
4) THE QUESTION IS, WHOM ARE YOU SEEKING TO PLEASE? GAL 1:10
A. WHO'S RECOMMENDATION DO YOU DESIRE THE MOST?
B. THE ANSWER WILL TELL ABOUT YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE LORD.