THE BEST!!!!!!!
INTRO: AS PARENTS DON’T WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN?
1: OF COURSE
A) WE TRY AND GIVE THEM EVERYTHING WE DIDN’T HAVE
B) THE BEST EDUCATION
C) THE BEST ENVIROMENT
D) THE BEST OF ALL THINGS LIFE HAS TO OFFER
POINT: PARENTS MAKE SACRIFICES TO GIVE THEIR CHILDERN THE BEST IN EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES.
2: WHAT ABOUT SPIRITUALLY
A) DO THEY HEAR US PRAY
B) DO THEY SEE US READ OUR BIBLES
C) DO THEY HEAR US COMMUNICATE IN A GODLY FASHION OR MANNER
POINT: IT IS POINTLESS FOR US TO STRIVE AND SACRIFICE TO GIVE OUR CHILDERN THE BEST IN LIFE IF WE DON’T REINFORCE IT WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WILL OF GOD
BODY: HEBREWS 1:1-3
1: THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
A) THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN MAINLY TO JEWS WHO HAD BECOME CHRISTIANS BUT DECIDED TO CONVERT BACK DUE TO PERSECUTION
B) THE AUTHOR IS VERY PERSISTENT IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST
C) HE APPEALS TO THEM BY PROVING THAT CHRIST IS BETTER THAN THE ANGELS, BETTER THAN MOSES BECAUSE HE CREATED HIM, BETTER THAN TE PRESTHOOD OF AARON BECAUSE HIS SACRIFICE WAS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
POINT: THIS A BREIF OVERVIEW OF HEBREWS AND WHAT THE BOOK TEACHES US.
2: SUNDRY TIMES, DIVERS MANNERS, WHAT?
A) THE WRITER STARTS HERE BY SAYING THAT GOD SPOKE TO ISRAEL AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH HIS PROPHETS
B) BUT NOW HE HAS SPOKEN THROUGH CHRIST
C) WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
POINT: JESUS IS THE BEST,NO OTHER CAN COMPARE EVERY KID WILL HAVE HEROES BUT WE AS CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ULTIMATE HERO.
3: WE SHOULD EQUIP OUR CHILDREN WITH THE BEST
A) THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY
B) EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS GLORY
C) UPHOLDER OF ALL THINGS
D) PURGED OUR SINS, HE TOOK THE PENALTY FOR US
POINT: CHILDREN DON’T GROW YOUNGER, AND THEY ONLY STAY LITTLE FOR A SHORT WHILE, WE HAVE A SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THEM BEFORE THEY BECOME DRAWN AWAY BY THE WORLD. LETS GIVE THEM THE BEST BY GIVING IT OUR BEST.
CLOSING: HE SAT DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND
1: TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO TAKE EVERYTHING TO JESUS
A) OUR KIDS FACE A WORLD FILLED WITH SIN
B) THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT GOD IS APPROACHABLE
C) WE HAVE TO TELL THAM THAT JESUS IS IN HEAVEN LISTENING TO THEIR PRAYERS
D) WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM BY DOING AND BELIEVING THAT OURSELVES!!!!
CONCLUSION: WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR KIDS. WHY? BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THEY NEED IT!! WHAT ABOUT THE NEED THEY HAVE FOR JESUS?
