| When I
Feel Unworthy A. “I’m not worthy.” Many sincere and
well-meaning people have felt it and said it.
B. What should I do when I feel unworthy? The ________ : Someone IS Worthy A. Worthy of praise, glory, honor,
thanksgiving, service, devotion, adoration (Psa 18:3; Rev 4:11; 5:12) B. We are not the first to feel unworthy
before him (Matt 3:11; Luke 5:8; Matt 8:8)
The ________ : I AM
Unworthy A. The facts behind the
unworthiness (1 John 1:8-10)1. Perhaps no one felt that more keenly in the
New Testament than the former Saul of Tarsus, who became the apostle Paul
(Acts 7:54-8:4; 26:9-11; 1 Cor 15:9; 1 Tim 1:12-15) 2. God used Paul to emphasize that we are
all in the same sinking boat (Rom 3:23; Luke 15:19; 17:10; Rom 14:10-12) B. Yet, notice the calling built on God’s
grace and mercy (Eph 4:1; Phil 1:27; Col 1:10; 1 Thes 2:12) The ________ __ : “In an Unworthy Manner”?
(1 Cor 11:27) A. Notice that Paul isn’t writing about how
“worthy” the Corinthians are to partake of the Supper. He is writing to
admonish them about the manner in which they were taking it. B. How is the Lord’s Supper taken “in an
unworthy manner”? 1. Causing division
(1 Cor 11:18-19, 22) 4. Not
proclaiming his death (1 Cor 11:26) 2.
Self-indulgence (1 Cor 11:20-21) 5. Not self-examining (1 Cor
11:28) 3. Not in remembrance (1 Cor
11:23-25) 6. Not discerning his
body and blood (1 Cor 11:29) C. There
are certainly other ways, but feeling sorrow for my sin is not one of those
ways! The ________ : What if There is Ongoing, Unresolved Sin
in My Life? A. Don’t allow the grace
that God is willing to show you be squandered “in vain” (1 Cor 15:9-10) B. Jesus Christ is the one and only
sacrifice for sins (Heb 10:26-31; Acts 13:46)
C. We have been called, not to live as perpetually guilty sinners, but
as saints (Rom 6:1-4, 11) D. Is it
time to repent? (James 4:8-10; Matt 10:37-39) |
