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Do you know what the 5th Commandment is? Honor your mother and father!
We have been talking about using the 4 Bases as a grid to guide you in preaching the gospel. Here's link to show a visual of the 4 Bases. http://www.citytaker.com/tools/4-bases.pdf 1st Base is sin. Most people's idea of sin if very different from God's so we have been showing you how to show people what sin is.
3:4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
As I have spoke to thousands of people on the streets of America including young people most have told me that they deserve to go to heaven because they are pretty good. Is that humble or proud? So I have showed them what sin is by using the 10 Commandments(Rom. 7:7), the Holy Spirit has humbled them, preparing them for the grace and good news of what Jesus had done for them.
I remember going out with a group of people into an apartment complex and I began talking to a 10 yr. old boy named Dominic who had been going to church his whole life but hadn't understood what Jesus had done for him personally. As I began to ask him if he had obeyed his parents all his days, his obvious answer was no. He realized that he had broken God's law and was guilty needing a Saviour. Is that humility or pride? As I shared with this humbled young man what Jesus did for him, he openly wept at the mailboxes and said to us, I have went to church with my parents all my life but never understood it like that before. That boy will never be the same again. He ran to Savior Jesus seeing he was a sinner!
So you can ask your lost listener, "Have you always honored your mother and father in a way that is pleasing to God? Even if you disobeyed them years ago, time doesn't forgive sin." What would that make you? They will tell you a sinner most of the time and you can see the convicting work of the Holy Spirit preparing them for Christ. (Gal 3:24) I know we have been talking a lot about sin but we have been discussing 1st base. You can't hit a homerun without touching 1st base and our country will never have a revival if they 1st haven't realized they have sinned against a holy God. In days to come we will be sharing on how to preach 2nd base, but the heart must be tilled to receive the seed of the good news!
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