Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
' A Pair of Friends
2 y have 1 oker le companionship. And sure I am that only a very et percents Age us gee iy like the continuity of ARES URES which nthe text SURE CSTE) as poe pas es etieer d lo: ween? The long a pauses in a conversation ee two oi 2 not know much of, or care much for, each other are only too like what occurs in many professing Christians' intercourse with God.
III. THE EXPLANATION OF THE FAILURE TO REALIZE THE ~LORD'S CONTINUAL PRESENCE.
A. Failure of Agreement.
The two are not agreed; and that is why they are not walking together.
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2. The reason for the failure of agreement. We do not wish His company, sk ls aE a ai Se and therefore, of course, we part.
B. Sin.
i ar: _arates a soul from God, and that > sort, like tiny grains of dust that get between two polished plates in an engine, that ought to move smoothly and closely against each other. The obstruction may be invisible
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2. It may be that the Christian is unconscious of it. A light cloud that we cannot see may come between us and a star, and we shall only know it is there because that star is not visibly there. Similarly, many a Christian, quite unconsciously, has something or other in his habits or in his conduct or in his affections which would reveal itself to him, if he would look, as being © wrong, because it blots out God. There may be scarcely any consciousness" of parting company at the beginning. Let the man travel on it far enough and the two will be so far apart that he cannot see God or hear Him speak.
CONCLUSION
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BARTIMAEUS
. . Blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
(READ MARK 10:46-52)
Seto rae ae en cement erect rk's witness. It is full of little particulars ~eiy an ere Whether ehiaee had a companion or not, he was obviously the chief actor and spokesman. And the whole story seems to me to lend itself to the enforcement of some very important lessons, which I will try to draw from it.
I. THE BEGGAR'S PETITION AND THE ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE IT (Verses 47—48).
Unless we know Hin Si acini hair lemnionniettiemiatienicixbenest.