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*Suggested Preaching Program for*
March
*• Sundays Mornings*
The suggested theme for this month is “The Prophets Speak to the Present.”
While the prophets were predictors concerning the future, their primary function was to speak for God.
They brought the message of God to bear upon the issues that faced the people of their day.
As the spokesmen of God, they continue to have a message that is relevant for today.
*• Sunday Evenings*
“Sermons from the Sermon” is the theme for Sunday evenings this month.
Included are five messages based on texts found in the Sermon on the Mount.
*• Wednesday Evenings*
The guiding theme for the Wednesday evening Services this month is stewardship.
Stewardship concerns every area of life.
In the background of each suggested message is the basic philosophy of Jesus expressed in the beatitude “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).
*Sunday Morning, March 1*
*/Title:/* Are We at Ease in Zion?
*/Text:/* “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!” *(Amos 6:1)*.
*/Scripture Reading:/* Amos 6*:*1 – 8
*/Hymns:/* “Holy, Holy, Holy,” Heber
“The Way of the Cross Leads Home,” Pounds
“We Praise Thee, O God,” Mackay
*/Offertory Prayer:/* Holy Father, we recognize this as the day that you have made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
We praise you with songs from our hearts.
We praise you with testimonies from our lips.
We praise you with our tithes and offerings as we acknowledge you as the Giver of every good and perfect gift.
Bless the use of these offerings that others might come to know of your love and grace through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
*Introduction*
Amos preached in a postwar period, a day of unsuspected peril.
It was a day of unrivaled national power and unparalleled material prosperity.
Religious activities were popular.
With penetrating insight, the prophet from Tekoa diagnosed the sickness of his nation and pronounced its early death.
In less than forty years his nation was to die and be buried in the Assyrian exile.
The sickness that buried his nation can do the same thing to our country unless we find a cure.
*I.
The charge of spiritual complacency: “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, to them that trust in the mountain of Samaria” (Amos 6:1).*
A.
/The condition of complacency is described./
1.
Their customs, dress, and perfumes were the richest (6:4).
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They enjoyed the richest foods and rarest delicacies (6:4).
3.
The pursuit of pleasure was uppermost in their thoughts (6:5).
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They drank their wine out of bowls (6:6).
B.
/The causes of complacency./
1.
Israel was enjoying an unprecedented era of prosperity.
Two possible reactions:
a.
People may react as Israel did.
They became proud and boastful.
They lived extravagantly and took all of the credit for themselves (6:9, 13).
b.
They should have reacted with an attitude of humility.
A person’s response to prosperity will both reveal and determine his or her character.
2.
They trusted in military resources for security (6:1).
3.
They dismissed all serious thought (6:3).
4.
The pursuit of prosperity was of primary importance (6:4).
5.
They were not grieved because of the sickness of their nation (6:6).
*II.
The curse of complacency.*
A.
/In Amos’s day./
1.
Complacency led to the death of his nation.
2.
Complacency caused the people to reject their divine mission.
3.
Complacency denied to them their destiny.
B.
/In our day./
1.
Complacency robs God of energetic and consecrated servants.
2.
Complacency robs us of joy unspeakable here and rewards unbelievable hereafter.
3.
Our complacency prevents some from going to heaven when this life is over.
*III.
The cure for complacency.*
A.
/Attempt to comprehend the love of God./
B.
/Contemplate the value of salvation to another individual./
C.
/Meditate on the issues and the values of eternity./
D.
/Listen to the command of the Master./
*Conclusion*
Unsaved friend, if you are at ease concerning your spiritual state, it would be wise for you to become alarmed.
Preoccupation with material things can cause you to become complacent and unconcerned about your spiritual welfare until it is too late.
Seek the Lord today while he may be found.
Call upon him while he is near.
It is dangerous and deadly to be unconcerned about your relationship with God.
*Sunday Evening, March 1*
*/Title:/* The Inner Spirit of a Genuine Christian
*/Scripture Reading:/* Matthew 5:1 – 9.
*Introduction*
The Beatitudes are not just pious platitudes or nice generalizations.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ gave us a wonderful picture of what a real Christian is like.
Have you been guilty of assuming a familiarity with the Beatitudes to the extent that you have given them no serious thought?
By carefully considering the Beatitudes, we can measure our worthiness to wear the name of Christian.
The word /blessed/ means more than the superficial idea of happiness or material well-being.
It refers to proper attitudes and actions that issue in spiritual well-being.
The emphasis is not on the blessing to be received; it is on the condition of the heart and mind that makes it possible for a person to experience the blessings of God.
The Beatitudes were not directed to an unbelieving world.
They were given in a teaching-learning situation to Christ’s disciples.
These inner attitudes do not come to us automatically at our conversion.
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