Sermon Outlines

By Frederick F. Schwindt, Evangelist

WHY EVERY INFIDEL SHOULD BE A CHRISTIAN

1. They like to think that there is no God: Ps. 14:1-4
2. To them there is no life beyond the grave:
3. They have no message of hope for those who sorrow:

1. If they love life:
   1. Christ, the source of our life, came to give life, and to give it more abundantly. Said the Master, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10
   2. Paul enumerates the ingredients of the more abundant life - love, joy, peace, long suffering, temperance, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, brotherly kindness, charity. Compare Gal. 5:22, 23 with 2 Pet. 1:2-8
2. Faith in Christ, the Essence of Christianity:
   1. Takes care of my sins - Matt. 1:21; 1 Pet. 2:24
   2. Gives me security against the judgment to come - John 5:24
   3. It promises me a future - 2 Pet. 3:13
3. What has infidelity to offer to man?
   1. For the present, professed unbelief in God, and in the resurrection of the dead, and eternal life.
   2. The future? Infidelity claims that there is no future, that death ends all.
   3. In the hour of sorrow? Infidelity has nothing to offer -- all is black and blank in the theory of the infidel.
   4. What about his sins? He is ever ready to explain and excuse them as unavoidable.
   5. What about the function of natural law? Infidelity simply states that natural law evolved when things in nature needed guidance and control. It attempts to give credit to all the forces in nature, only to the exclusion of an all wise God.

1. It changes my concept or outlook upon life:
   1. It makes the golden rule the moral compass of my life - Matt. 7:12
   2. It gives me something to strive for -- the highest concept of morality - Phil. 4:8
   3. It shows the difference between the life for 'self' and that for 'others'. It uproots human selfishness. - Rom. 9:1-3, 14:7-14; Phil. 1:20
2. Faith in Christ gives life insurance that infidelity cannot give:
   1. David testifies. - Ps. 23:1-6
   2. Paul's assurance. - Phil. 4:19
3. Faith in Christ brings to us honors which infidelity cannot give:
   1. We become associated with the noblest characters which ever lived in this world.
   2. We are associated with the most useful lives. -- Daniel, Moses, Joseph, Ruth, Paul and many other worthies too many to enumerate.
   3. It connects us with the most enduring friendship.
   4. It helps us take hold of the most beneficial and enduring memories.
4. But best of all:
   1. Christianity brings us back to God and His love.
   2. It appropriates the sacrifice of the Son of God to atone for our sins.
   3. It has the promise of this life and of that to come.
5. But what about the infidel?
   1. He has no hope.
   2. He has no future.
   3. He faces the judgment of the God he seeks to deny and the Christ he rejects.