Sermon Outlines

By Frederick F. Schwindt, Evangelist

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

1. Of the way he acts at times:
2. Of his unbelief: This is so manifest at times that one is reminded of our Lord's experience in his own community - Matt. 13:57, 58
3. But no one need be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ:
   1. This was a bold statement for Paul to make at a time when the gospel of the crucified king of the Jews was frowned upon - 1 Cor. 1:23, 24
   2. To many the gospel was a great stumbling block
   3. To the Greeks it was simple foolishness - 1 Cor. 1:23, 24; 2:14

1. Paul learned through experience that the gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation:
   1. He saw with his own eyes how the acceptance of the gospel brought miraculous changes into the lives of the people - EXAMPLES -
      1. His experience at Ephesus - Acts 19:1-19
      2. His experience at Philippi - Acts 16:12-34
   2. He knew, in his own life, the transformation that had been wrought by the power of the gospel of Christ - Compare Rom. 7 with 1 Tim. 1:15; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 3:1-14
2. We are living in a power conscious world:
   1. Children become aware of this feeling in the world before they have learned how to talk.
   2. Science has become afraid of its own accomplishments.
   3. But what gives deep concern is the fact that immorality is on a steady increase - 2 Tim. 3:1-9; Luke 17:26-29

1. It brings to penitent sinners a new hope:
   1. Think of the lame man who had never before walked - Acts 3:1-11
   2. Think of blind Bartimaeus and the joy that must have come to him when the Lord gave him his eyesight - Mark 10:46-52
   3. Or think of the feeling a pleading mother had when the Lord promised deliverance for her daughter - Matt. 15:28
2. It gives the believer a change of heart, as nothing else can do:
   1. The woman of Samaria - John 4:22-28
   2. The woman caught in the act of adultery - John 8:1-11
   3. The penitent thief on the cross - Luke 23:42-44
3. The believer becomes a new creature:
   1. That means a change of attitude - Luke 19:8; Acts 19:19
   2. It transforms our sinful nature - 2 Pet. 1:2-11; 2 Cor. 5:17
   3. Christ lives in the believer through faith - Phil. 1:21; Gal. 2:20
4. This transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ uses:
   1. The Holy Scriptures to bring about a change in the lives of the believers - Heb. 4:12; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; 1 Pet. 1:23; Jas. 1:18
   2. The blood of Jesus Christ, which cleanses us from all our sins - 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; Heb. 9:22, 23; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 1:5
   3. The mighty operation of the Holy Spirit - Zech. 4:6; John 3:5, 6; 2 Cor. 3:17, 18
   4. Is the gospel of Jesus Christ the power of God in my life? Or is it a stumbling block to those who observe me?