Posts from — January 2006

What follows are my notes from the sermon. This is not meant to replace the whole sermon. If you'd like to hear this sermon in its entirety you can order it by going to www.thewestender.com

How Much Do You Love Him? by Bro. Orpheus Heyward

1 Cor 3:4-7
Luke 7:36-47(main text)

notes by DeAnna Spencer
Jesus' measuring rod for the woman's love for him was her actions.

The best way to show how much you love Jesus is by what you do.

1 v. 37 The woman showed up at the house where Jesus was to get closer to Jesus
She wasn't afraid to step out from the crowd

When she knew Jesus was in the house everyone else disappeared.

2) She didn't let the other people's opinion hinder her from getting close to Jesus.
She wiped Jesus' feet with her hair. It was against Jewish custom for a woman to let her hair down for any man that wasn't her husband.

3) She used what she had for the service of Jesus. She didn't have a rag or washcloth to wipe his feet, so she used her hair.

4) She let nothing hinder her worship.

5) Don't let anyone hold your past against your future.

6) Don't get caught up in what people think.

7) You can't fool Jesus

Quote to remember: Sermons are not entertainment. Sermons are meant to provoke change.

Sermon Text. 1 John 1:5-7

⁵This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

⁶If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Source: www.thebiblegateway.com

Basically the main idea of this sermon was to walk as a Christian should walk.

A tape or CD of this sermon can be obtained by going to www.thewestender.com

To Become a Christian You Must
Hear-Romans 10:17
Believe-Hebrews 11:6
Repent-Luke 13:3
Confess-Matthew 10:32
Be Baptized-Acts 2:38