25 September 2005

The Danger of Disqualification

The Danger of Disqualification
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Series:
Not with Uncertainty

Message Notes

(I) DISQUALIFICATION- A SOBERING THOUGHT!

1. The idea of “disqualification”

2. There are Rules

3. There is a Divine Judge

 

(II) DISQUALIFICATION- MANY GLARING EXAMPLES

1. Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5

2. Demas 2 Timothy 4:10

3. Diotrephes 3 John 9-10

 

(III) MAKING SOLEMN THOUGHTS WORK FOR YOU!

1. Consciousness

2. Carefulness

3. Concentration

 

(IV) MAKING SURE YOU WILL NEVER BE DISQUALIFIED!

1. Non-negotiables of Life

a) Discipline

b) Training

c) Focus

d) Discarding of a lesser lifestyle

 

2. Enjoying the Challenge to live “Not with Uncertainty”

a) This kind of life is possible

b) This kind of life is enjoyable

c) This kind of life is praiseworthy

d) This kind of life brings the most blessing to people

e) This kind of life eliminates the fear of being disqualified

 

(V) THE CHALLENGE OF WINNING THE RACE OF LIFE

  1. Possibility of being a winner all the time
  1. Plan to succeed in the race of life

 

POEM

 

MARKED FOR HIS OWN

How lovely are the faces of

The men who talk with God-

Lit with an inner sureness of

The path their feet have trod;

How gentle is the manner of

A man who walks with Him!

No strength can overcome him, and

No cloud his courage dim,

Keen are the hands and feet- ah-yes-

Of those who wait His will,

And clear as crystal mirrors are

The hearts His love can fill.

 

Some lives are drear from doubt and fear

While others merely plod;

But lovely faces mark the men

Who walk and talk with God.

 

– Pauline Prosser-Thomson –