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Useless / ineffective Lamentations or Grieving. “Jeremiah 8: 20”. Scriptural Text:. “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved”. -Jeremiah 8:20. Line of thoughts:.
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Useless/ ineffective Lamentations or Grieving “Jeremiah 8:20”
Scriptural Text: “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved” -Jeremiah 8:20
Line of thoughts: Most of us perhaps have this arrogance that since we are Christians now we think that nothing can cause us to backslide or go to apostasy and spiritual bankruptcy.I shall not dwell on he literal application of the text to the distressed and despairing condition of the Israelite, to whom the it refers, but give it a personal and spiritual bearing on the eternal interests of our soul's salvation; and in doing so, shall particularly dwell on the following propositions.
Line of thoughts: 1. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest
Line of thoughts: 1. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest 2. That these seasons may pass away unimproved
Line of thoughts: 1. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest 2. That these seasons may pass away unimproved 3. That the regrets of such will awful and overwhelming.
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest.
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 1. The Gracious Season of Summer:
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 1. The Gracious Season of Summer: a) The season of life-
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 1. The Gracious Season of Summer: a) The season of life- b) The summer of reason-
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 1. The Gracious Season of Summer: a) The season of life- b) The summer of reason- c) The summer of opportunities
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest.
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 2. The gracious Season of Harvest:
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 2. The gracious Season of Harvest: a) Harvest of Knowledge-
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 2. The gracious Season of Harvest: a) Harvest of Knowledge- b) Harvest of Privilege-
Note Principles: A. That God Has given us the gracious seasons of summer and harvest. 2. The gracious Season of Harvest: a) Harvest of Knowledge- b) Harvest of Privilege- c) Harvest of Blessings-
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved.
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved. a) Many do not think-
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved. a) Many do not think- • b) Many do not forsake their sins • Christians and Non-Christians
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved. a) Many do not think- • b) Many do not forsake their sins • Christians and Non-Christians • c) Many Do not Believe, Many • have left their first Love to God.
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved. • d) Many Believers and Unbelievers • Procrastinate
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved.
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved. • a) Sometimes their regrets are • expressed in this World-
Note Principles: B. That these seasons may pass away unimproved. • a) Sometimes their regrets are • expressed in this World- • b) The regrets of such will surely • be uttered in eternity-