Audio and Outline of a Sermon Rendered 3 June 2018, Morning Service, Archdale church of Christ, 2525 Archdale Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210 by Russell H McCullough:
https://soundcloud.com/archdale-church-of-christ/sounds-from-sunday-morning-5
Text: Luke 1.26 - 33; John 20.24 – 31
Thesis: We are more blessed than the apostles because we have only HEARD the testimony, never seeing it.
Introduction – Why does no one doubt the veracity of the existence of any other historical figure OTHER than Christ Jesus?
• Who ever heard; “I would believe in the existence of Julius Caesar if only I could have seen him.”
• Who ever heard; “I would believe in the existence of Abraham Lincoln if only if I could have seen him.”
• Who ever heard: “I would believe in the existence of the law of gravity if only I can see it.”
• Today, people have more faith in the words of Charles Darwin than they do in the words of Jesus Christ!
• NO ONE here today has ever seen any of these mentioned.
1. We know of these and believe in their existence because of the testimony of the spoken word of 3rd parties.
a. People simply believe some 3rd parties and dismiss others.
I – Luke’s Testimony – Do you believe in angels?
a. Hearing is believing
b. Admiral Cochrane
• “Besides 9/11, the only other attack by an outside force on Washington, D.C. was in 1814 when Adm. George Cockburn of the British Royal Navy, literally walked into the White House, at Pres. James Madison’s dinner, drank his wine, and then sat fire to the place.” DID YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEARD OR NOT?
II – Luke’s Testimony – Do you believe in the virgin pregnancy?
a. Hearing is believing
b. Edwin Booth
• “Months before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert fell from a train platform in Jersey City. The hand that pulled him to safety belonged to Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln’s killer).” DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEARD OR NOT?
III – Luke’s Testimony – Do you believe in the eternal reign?
a. Hearing is believing
b. The Polish impostor
• “After a Polish impostor who claimed the throne of Russia was found out, he was executed, burned and had his ashes shot out of a cannon back toward Poland.” DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST HEARD OR NOT?
CONCLUSION: People believe what they want to believe without evidence and reject what they want to reject regardless of evidence!
“The Gospel Call” – Acts 2.38 -
NOTE: Illustrations courtesy of “WTF Fun Facts”
https://soundcloud.com/archdale-church-of-christ/sounds-from-sunday-morning-5
Text: Luke 1.26 - 33; John 20.24 – 31
Thesis: We are more blessed than the apostles because we have only HEARD the testimony, never seeing it.
Introduction – Why does no one doubt the veracity of the existence of any other historical figure OTHER than Christ Jesus?
• Who ever heard; “I would believe in the existence of Julius Caesar if only I could have seen him.”
• Who ever heard; “I would believe in the existence of Abraham Lincoln if only if I could have seen him.”
• Who ever heard: “I would believe in the existence of the law of gravity if only I can see it.”
• Today, people have more faith in the words of Charles Darwin than they do in the words of Jesus Christ!
• NO ONE here today has ever seen any of these mentioned.
1. We know of these and believe in their existence because of the testimony of the spoken word of 3rd parties.
a. People simply believe some 3rd parties and dismiss others.
I – Luke’s Testimony – Do you believe in angels?
a. Hearing is believing
b. Admiral Cochrane
• “Besides 9/11, the only other attack by an outside force on Washington, D.C. was in 1814 when Adm. George Cockburn of the British Royal Navy, literally walked into the White House, at Pres. James Madison’s dinner, drank his wine, and then sat fire to the place.” DID YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEARD OR NOT?
II – Luke’s Testimony – Do you believe in the virgin pregnancy?
a. Hearing is believing
b. Edwin Booth
• “Months before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert fell from a train platform in Jersey City. The hand that pulled him to safety belonged to Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln’s killer).” DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEARD OR NOT?
III – Luke’s Testimony – Do you believe in the eternal reign?
a. Hearing is believing
b. The Polish impostor
• “After a Polish impostor who claimed the throne of Russia was found out, he was executed, burned and had his ashes shot out of a cannon back toward Poland.” DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST HEARD OR NOT?
CONCLUSION: People believe what they want to believe without evidence and reject what they want to reject regardless of evidence!
“The Gospel Call” – Acts 2.38 -
NOTE: Illustrations courtesy of “WTF Fun Facts”
