A Sermon About Nothing…???

1. A Sermon About Nothing…???

2. NothingWithout Christ Solomon Sought Meaning From  The pursuit of pleasure (Eccl. 2:1-3)  In building great works (Eccl. 2:4-6)  In the acquisition of great wealth (Eccl. 2:7-11)  In the acquisition of worldly wisdom (Eccl. 2:12)

3. NothingWithout Christ • Eccl. 12:8 • “Vanity of vanities,’ says the Preacher, ‘All is vanity” • Eccl. 12:13-14 • “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

4. NothingWithout Christ • John 15:5 • “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” • Acts 17:28 • “ 28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.”

5. NothingWithout Christ • Acts 4:12 • “ 12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” • John 6:67-68 • “ 67Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will you also go away? 68Then Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You alone the words of eternal life.’”

6. NothingWithout Love • 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “4Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

7. NothingWithout Love • 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 “ 1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.”

8. NothingWithout Fruit • Matthew 21:18-19 “ 18Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, ‘Let no fruit grow on you ever again.’ Immediately the fig tree withered away.”

9. Nothing Without Fruit • Matthew 7:19 “ 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” • Romans 7:4 “ 4Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another — to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.”

10. NothingWithout Fruit • Galatians 2:20 “20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” • Galatians 5:22-25 “22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

11. Man Is Nothing • Galatians 6:3 • “For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”

12. Man Is Nothing • 1 Corinthians 15:10 “10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” • Romans 12:3 “3For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.”

13. Man Is Nothing • Titus 2:11-14 “11For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.”

14. I Know Nothing • 1 Corinthians 4:4 • “ 4For I know nothing by myself… • Jeremiah 10:23 • “ 23O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.” • Proverbs 14:12 • “ 12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

15. I Know Nothing • James 1:21 • “ 21…receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” • Luke 8:15 • “ 15But the ones that fell on the ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.” • Acts 10:33 • “ 33So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.”

16. Possessions AreNothing • 1 Timothy 6:7-8 • “ 7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” • Job 1:21 • “ 21Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return…” (cf. Psa. 49:16-17)

17. Possessions AreNothing • Hebrews 4:13 • “ 13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” • Ecclesiastes 12:14 • “ 14…God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.” • Romans 2:16 • “ 16…in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel”

18. Be Anxious For Nothing • Philippians 4:6-7 • “ 6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; 7and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

19. Be Anxious For Nothing • Matthew 6:25-34 “25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”

20. Be Anxious For Nothing • Matthew 6:25-34 “28So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?”

21. Be Anxious For Nothing • Matthew 6:25-34 “31Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

22. A Sermon About Nothing 1. Nothing Without Christ 2. Nothing Without Love 3. Nothing Without Fruit Bearing 4. Man Is Nothing 5. I Know Nothing Of Myself 6. Possessions Are Nothing 7. Be Anxious For Nothing Will you do something or nothing?

23. A Sermon About Nothing Hear John 12:48 Believe John 8:24 Repent Luke 13:3 Confess Matt. 10:32-33 Baptized Mark 16:16 Faithful Matt. 24:13