2 Timothy 4:1-5

Transcription : Romans chapter three verse twenty three, “for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood - to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God. To declare I say it at this time - His righteousness that He might be just and the justifier of Him who believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then, it is excluded, by what law? Of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.” Let’s pray (Prayer) There are...as I have said and I say quite frequently preaching is a rather pathetic thing. It is a failure, as you walk up to the pulpit and you know you are bound to fail. How can man speak forth the things of God in a way that they ought to be spoken of? I can remember one time being so distraught before preaching on the gospel of Jesus Christ and crying out to God - “oh I

Transcription : Let’s open up our bibles to Romans chapter one. I appreciate many of the things that have been said. The fact of the matter is, if you hear from a speaker tonight, you wasted your time, especially from this one. There are no great men of God, it’s preposterous language. Spoken by those who need to be a little bit more refined in their theology, there are only weak and pitiful and faithless men of a great and merciful God. Anyone who has been used by God in any degree is almost ashamed that he or she has been used. It almost seems as though it’s not right. When I look at my own life and many of my shortcomings that are there, I can only be amazed at the grace of a very very gracious and compassionate God. You see to preach to an auditorium like this or to one much larger or to stand out in the street and to share the gospel while people are throwing things, that does not take a lot of godliness or Christ-likeness or purity of heart. The way you know that a person i