Classic Sermon Outlines
Faith in Christ Inferred from Faith in God
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D. If We Believe That God Spoke by Moses and the Prophets, We Must Believe in Christ of Whom They Bear Testimony.
All the prophets bear witness to Christ and in all the ceremonies of Mosaic institution He was typified. Our Lord insisted that one of the strongest proofs of His divine mission was the Old Testament Scriptures.
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3. There is a quarrel between God and man because of sin. The God who made us is not only above us, but against us; and therefore we should gladly believe in Him by whom that quarrel is taken up, in whom God was recon-- ciling the world to Himself (II Corinthians 5:19).
4, Man is corrupt and sinful. We find by daily experience that our 'minds are alienated from God and there is in them a strong bias toward the world and the flesh; that we are not of ourselves inclinable to or sufficient for anything that is good.
5. Man's spirit is immortal. If we believe that God is the Father of our "spirits we cannot but perceive that they are immortal and we are made for another world and therefore we will gladly believe in One who will be our guide to that world.
CLASSIC SERMON OUTLINES — Matthew Henry
CONCLUSION
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