A tornado watch is in effect, so to speak. John 12:26, says, Whoever serves Me must follow Me, and where I am, there, my servant also will be. I will do whatever I can to maximize my heavenly happiness. Can we all say that? This isn't just any joy; this is the happiness that comes from God. Baptist. You're going to learn more joy after 1000 years than you knew in the first 1000 years. The master comes back and settles accounts with these servants. Whoever didn't put it to work and gain. She died at 3:04 PM on December 13, 2017 at the age of 71. For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger, you did not invite me, and I needed clothes, you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me." Secondly, it's not becoming. We can't say it too often, why? You can read Dr. Hymers' sermons each week on the Internet You will learn both things to avoid and practices to emulate. As we remember *********, let us remember: worker. Righteousness fill all the earth, and peace The siren is going off. It's the story of redemption, of God's love extended to one whom many thought beyond his reach. Please stand and turn to John, chapter 14, verse 1. He says in Hebrews 11:6 that we must believe in rewards. It says in Ephesians that we should find out what pleases the Lord. When you die, all that your spouse will have left of you are memories and pictures. We're going to be judged by our works, assessed by them. What is heaven going to be like when your Father embraces you and says, I'm pleased with what you did there. I think it would behoove you to have as many moments as possible like that with Him stored up. Thus we are told that Christ will descend from Heaven into the atmosphere above the earth. I go to prepare a place for you. As many money giving opportunities and prayers up in secret and actions done and gospel shared, and fear overcome and everything you need to do to store up your Father's praise for you. Including words or songs from others in your funeral sermon can be "meaning-making.". He says there's no need in a funeral to make any pronouncement about the faith or non-faith of the deceased. "Well Done" are the words that we want to hear the Savior say to us when we see Him. There's also going to be responsibilities in the new Heaven, the new Earth, there's going to be jobs up there. He's going to entrust things to you, but He's testing you now to see if you're faithful with somebody else's property, namely God's. To start saving items to a SermonFolder, please create an account. We came to this strange mountain lake that was incredibly salty. I was on my own. As a matter of fact, much of Matthew 6, Jesus devotes that section of the Sermon on the Mount to protecting your heavenly stash of rewards. And he said unto me, It is done. You've been weaned off praise from men, and you are focused on one thing, "I want God to praise me". First of all, God's happy with what you did, just in the context that He gives the five talents and says, "I want you to know how happy I am with the talents, what you did. Without faith, he says, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. You've got to believe in rewards to be pleasing to God. But even if I could, I would say, Im only an unworthy servant, I've only done my duty. These rewards are given to us by grace, we should just be staggered by all this. This morning we are celebrating Stewardship Sunday. They must be used for the glory of God. A sermon of encouragement LET US NOT BE WEARY IN WELL DOING 1 Corinthians 15:58 - Therefore, my brothers and sister, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Dr. Hymers e-mail is at rlhymersjr@sbcglobal.net (click here). Jesus said to the converted thief, who was dying on the cross next to Him, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43). Verse 31 tells us that they went to " Decapolis ". It affects the way you live. Jesus said. Preparing well for the funerals of unknowns is vital so that those who listen might find some consolation in Christ. IV. 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Well done, you good and faithful servant. That's praise of the servant's character, he's good and faithful. When Jesus comes to reign. Your love has been appreciated very much! We swam in it and you couldn't go under the surface of the water. But for those who are self-seeking, who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger." They will tag us as believers in Jesus Christ. "I know that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed, so I was afraid, and I went out and hid in the ground the talent you entrusted me. theological God is not an idolater, He's no flatterer, He only gives his praise wisely and perfectly. Imagine if the factory that made the gold medals for the Beijing games happened to make a few extra and you could buy one at cost, 500 or 600, and then you could probably wear it to work, show all your friends. It is said that when one of his church members was dying, John Watson, the Scottish preacher of Edinburgh, would kneel down and whisper in the person's ear: "In my Father's house are many rooms.". . Please click here to learn how you can make a monthly donation to help us in this great work of preaching the Gospel to the whole world. Whenever you write to Dr. Hymers always tell him what country you live in, or he cannot answer you. His father had never gone to any of his major tennis matches. Keep your . People Listen In Different Wayscan You Reach All Of Them? How can you believe, Jesus said, If you accept praise from one another and yet you make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God? Back at the beginning of the sermon, I said that Napoleon said people are motivated by a yearning for praise and honor, God made that. Family and friends have the opportunity to say goodbye, to reflect on who this person was and what he or she meant to the world, and to celebrate their . Try, Slow Down, Big Fellawhat A Motorcyclist Taught Me About Preaching, Spit-Shine Tomorrow's Sermon Before You Go To Bed Tonight. Look at what I've made. So on July 27, I did not preach the funeral I dreaded. "Serve the LORD with gladness!" Dr. Hymers e-mail is rlhymersjr@sbcglobal.net. Are you living for yourself when you get money? It's of the essence of the life that God has implanted in our hearts, in our souls. So, I urge you to flee to Christ. He is very zealous that you learn to not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that your giving may be in secret and your Father sees what is done in secret and will reward you. The property is entrusted to the servant, is given over to the servant to be managed in the absence of the master. Our works, good works apart from faith in Christ are actually corrupt because they're not done for the glory of God, but rather for the glory of man. To save items to a SermonFolder, please sign in to your account. Well done, good and faithful servant, you've been faithful to a few things, now I'm going to put you in charge of many things. The implication of this is just staggering, friends. When Jesus comes to reign. The one with the five talents comes and he says, "Master, I put your five talents to work and look, I've gained five more," And he hears these beautiful words, "Well done, you good and faithful servant. We have good stewardship on display with the one who had received the five talents; he goes at once, no procrastination, focuses on the talents and he gains five more. Goodbye jealousy. That's genuine ownership. It is the consummation of the very thing that we should have been seeking all along. Do you see where they live way up high, where the Eries are, way up high up in the rocky crag and how it sees its food from afar. What is God doing? Sorrow and sighing shall flee away! The sermon manuscripts are given in 46 languages to about 120,000 computers each month. Matthew 25:23New International Version. Amen. Paul and Barnabas had been forced to flee from Antioch and Iconium. Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Shall end with all its tears. Our righteous judge is going to look at the fruit of our lives, and He'll know whether we believed in Jesus or not. Is it wrong to yearn for praise from Jesus? by Ibrahim Smile. One moment let us drink the blue Transcendent air together Then down where the same old work's to do In the same dull daily weather. I think what happens is the more faithful we are, the greater our capacity for heavenly joy and love. Tongues of the dumb shall sing. She criticized the way funerals were done in America, including cosmetic excrescences and high expenses stemming from the greed . 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. At his funeral countless numbers of his co-workers all told the same story - this man loved Jesus and loved people. The third aspect of joy is he's going to teach you to rejoice in everything he rejoices in, in detail. In our witness to the watching world. 1 Timothy 1:15 speaks of the Gospel, the good news of the blessed God, which is the good news that God is happy. II. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Words like, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." (Matthew 25:21) Or Revelation 2:10, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life." As a matter of fact, the rewards can go down to a small deed as in Matthew 10:42, "Giving a cup of cold water to a servant in Lord who's out on mission, and you just help him on his way." The Bible goes way beyond this though, on the issue of good works, not just identifying whether you're going to heaven or hell. Isn't that good news? I should be giving Him praise and glory and honor. 2. In the kingdom of Christ, grow it, build it for the glory of God. A monthly gift of $5 helps us reach 400 additional people a year! Death is all around us. It would be this, "To hear these words from Christ, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.'" Emotions ride high, and one must be careful and compassionate when delivering the message. All their work for the United Way and for UNICEF and Habitat for Humanity and Walk for Hunger and cerebral palsy and all of that, all our righteous acts are like filthy rags in the sight of God. This sermon is Chapter 8 of A Minister's Treasury of Funeral and Memorial Messages by Jim Henry, former pastor of First Baptist Church Orlando, Florida. Galatians 6:9 - And let us not be weary in WELL DOING: for in due season we shall reap, .read more Turn your life over to Jesus and He will save you, as He saved all of the true Christians here tonight. He says later,"As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead." Yet, even in the context of a funeral, we remember what Ezekiel learned: God's breath suffocates death. I want to learn from God how to do general happiness for the rest of my life, I want to have eternal pleasures at His right hand. The kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. Flee away that glory day! We are not justified by works. But when Christ returns, she will come down to this earth with Him in her resurrected body, walking and leaping and praising God in Christs 1,000-year earthly kingdom! A funeral message for a Christian woman who passed away. III. Invested in the kingdom, God can multiply, A. 1) Well DONE James 1:22, KJV But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. That's staggering when you think about it, unjust. This is the objective ground of our faith in the coming day of resurrection. There's going to be no depression, no discouragement, just happiness. Or as we already heard in Romans chapter 2,"God will give to each person according to what he has done. This event is called the rapture. It means to be caught up and carried away. The body and the spirit of Christians like Eloise will be united, and caught up to meet Christ in the air. To another he gave 2 sacks of treasure. So, it will not be obvious to men that you're fasting, but only to your Father who's in heaven, and your Father sees what is done in secret and will reward you. Then He says, generally, about all of this,"Do not store up treasure on Earth where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal but store up treasure in heaven where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal, for where your treasure is there, your heart will be also." Edward Smith, we can not help but consider the song that the choir just sung. Thats on page 1135 of the Scofield Study Bible. The one with the two talents reports that he gained two more, and gets the exact same commendation, "Well done, good and faithful servant. There is pain, loss, brokenness and death in all of our lives. Then, with a contented sigh, the person would "slip away" - entirely unafraid. 16. Friends, if you hear me saying, we don't need to be doing that, you have missed it. Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? In John 11, the Bible tells a story about a funeral for a man who had been one of Jesus' close friends. You wouldnt want me to leave this place if you could see me now. In the context of this statement, this one verse, verse 21, also verse 23, same verse, is the parable of the talents that we looked at in detail last week. Jesus shed His blood on the cross that you might have eternal life, and as we're going to find out in this message so much more than that. It's the story of the 5 o'clock worker who gets the same reward as the one who's labored . Hundreds of others watch the videos on YouTube, but they soon leave YouTube and come to our website. All sickness gone, all sore. I think it's going to be detailed praise from God for each good work done, every good work you do, every time you give to the needy, and don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. (END OF SERMON) Eyes of the blind will be opened then; His name was Lazarus. You're going to be busy. 1 "Servant of God, well done! James says, "Show me your faith without deeds, I'll show you my faith by what I do." I baptized her in 1989 and was her pastor for 29 years. If God would not leave his Son in the grave, he will not abandon those who trusted in his Son. A funeral sermon should not exceed 20 minutes and should highlight these three categories, preferably expounded from a text or texts of Scripture: 1) Acknowledge the need to grieve. Don't wait till your spouse dies to express your love. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven." No ones in a hurry, no schedule to keep. Just as the converted thief went to be with Christ, so the spirit of Eloise Roop entered into Paradise to be with Christ the moment she died. You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. It's all gone, He's going to teach you to delight in the widow who gave her two little coins and out-gave you. Jonathan Edwards, in his 22nd resolution said, Resolved to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness in the other world as I possibly can, with all the power, might, vigor and vehemence, yea, even violence, I am capable of or can bring myself to exert in any way that can be thought of. Okay, and if that's not plain, I just rephrase it a bit. Yes. Often, preachers see these funerals as a mere duty every clergyman simply must do. Story #4: In My Father's House. She was born on June 14, 1946. You have been faithful with a few things. Look to Christ, not to your own works. There are actually going to be responsibilities in the new heaven, the new Earth. We're going to share it together, and I'm going to tell you how I felt when you prayed or gave that money, etcetera." They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years (Revelation 20:6). The Greatest Love Story - A Funeral Sermon Marvin Patterson John 3:16 Introduction: The family would like for me to thank all of you for your prayers, support, cards, flowers, food and all that you have done in this time of need. A. Isn't it beautiful? All of these wonderful things will be experienced by Eloise Roop. What three rewards can you find in here. Most of us think of Stewardship Sunday as a time when the church hits us up for . Please help Mr. Leslie Hymers and Mr. Kunz keep the center of the foyer open for the pallbearers and the deacons to come through with the casket. She invested her talents in her love for her, children - all of them. MAT. The alert has been sounded. Paul says if you do that, you're not really a Jew. Put oil on your head and wash your face. Joy is a powerful word in the happiness family, it is the most powerful happiness word, I think. And then to the goats, He will say, "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. James 2:18,"Someone will say, 'You have faith; I have deeds.'" These are the basic ingredients of stewardship. We see this principle also in the parable of The Sheep and the Goats. The new heaven, the new earth will be bustling, it will be a busy, productive, fascinating place in which there's growth and increase and development and authority structures and responsibility. When Jesus comes to reign. And when that happens, you know, the funeral's pretty much over. II. See, here is what belongs to you." I preached the funeral that I could preach for a Rahab, or a Ruth, or the thief on the cross. James tells us how the mechanism works. The clear statements make it obvious. Then that one with the one talent comes in and insults the master, not a good way to begin your Judgment Day encounter. I think it comes in three senses. She was a real Christian for many years. Please click here to learn how you can make a monthly donation to help us in this great work of preaching the Gospel to the whole world. Garden of Eden restored that day! A faithful servant courageously keeps on proclaiming the gospel in spite of persecution. Isn't that incredible? This is a man that had thrown the world into turmoil for 20 years. Through trust in Jesus, Richard had become so united to Jesus that his last breath was like Jesus' last breath on the cross, his body giving way was like Jesus' giving way, and when Richard finally fell asleep to the world early in the morning Sep. 22, he opened his eyes to behold his Lord and Savior saying, "Well done.
funeral sermon well done
English