Dr Tom Hover
September 24, 2023
Hebrews 11:1-2, 6, 32, Judges 13:24-25 / Galatians 6:1-10
FACING YOUR FAILURE WITH FAITH / MENDING BROKEN BROTHERS PART 2
FACING YOUR FAILURE WITH FAITH
Teaching Sunny Boy How to Face His Failure by Faith
Text: Hebrews 11:1-2, 6, 32, Judges 13:24-25
I THE SOURCE OF SAMSON’S SIN
A.) The Old Nature He Was Born with James 1:13-15, Roman 5:12
B.) The Sinful Company He Kept
C.) The Warning of Sin in Our Lives I Corinthians 10:12
II. THE COURSE OF SAMSON’S SIN
A.) The Indifference of a Careless Life Judges 14:1-4, II Corinthians 6:14
B.) The Indulgence of a Carnal Life Judges 14:5-20
C.) The Iniquity of a Calloused Life
III. THE FORCE OF SAMSON’S SIN
A.) The Blinding Force of His Sin Numbers 32:23, Judges 16:5
B.) The Binding Force of His Sin Judges 16:21, II Corinthians 4:3-4
C.) The Grinding Force of His Sin Judges 16:21
IV. THE REMORSE OF SAMSON’S SIN
Judges 16:22-31
A.) Three Major Things Samson Learned While He Was in Sin
1. Sin Will Take You Farther Than You Want to Go.
2. Sin Will Keep You Longer Than You Want to Stay.
3. Sin Will Cost You More Than You Want to Pay.
THE HIGH COST OF LOW LIVING
I. He Dishonored His Parents
II. He Deserted His Promise
III. He Distorted His Purpose
IV. He Defiled His Purity
V. He Diluted His Power
VI. He Disgraced His Profession
VII. He Diminished His Potential
B.) Samson Had Enough Faith That Even Though He Sinned and Shamed God,
He Knew God Still Loved Him.
C.) Faith Is Our Acceptance of God’s Acceptance of Us.
D.) When Samson Faced His Failure in Faith, God Empowered Him
One More Time. I John 1:9
PM SERVICE
PART 2 MENDING BROKEN BROTHERS
Text: Galatians 6:1-10
INTRODUCTION: It is an ADMONITION and a COMMANDMENT. Galatians 6:1-2 Godly heroes in the Bible who were overtaken: MOSES, DAVID, SIMON PETER, JOHN MARK
I.THE MINISTRY OF RESTORATION Galatians 6:1, Romans 15:1
II.THE MANNER OF RESTORATION
Galatians 6:1 “restore such an one in the spirit of meekness”
A) Restore with Meekness – Gently
B) Restore Humbly Galatians 6:1 “restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; CONSIDERING THYSELF, LEST THOU ALSO BE TEMPTED.” Matthew 5:7
C) Restore Sympathetically
Galatians 6:2, “Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:5, “For every man shall bear his own burden.”
Two different words are used for burden.
In verse 2 Burdens means “OPPRESSIVE WEIGHTS.”
But in verse 5 it means a load like a SOLDIER’S BACKPACK.
II Thessalonians 3:10
ILLUSTRATE: No one can ________ for you! (Repent, Receive Christ, Serve, Tithe, pray your own prayers, Do your soul winning, Love God, etc.)
III. THE MOTIVE OF THIS MINISTRY
Galatians 6:2, “Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
A.) What is the law of Christ? Galatians 5:14, Ephesians 4:32, I John 4:19,
I Corinthians 6:19-20
