Today's Sermon:

"Boone Worthies"

Four Evidences of Worthy Lives:

I. Those Worthy of the Gospel Stand ....

“Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason (I do not accept the authority of popes and councils because they have contradicted each other), my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.”-Martin Luther

II. Those Worthy of the Gospel Stand ......

"Only by the total cooperation of Christians striving unitedly together with each other in this fierce contest for the minds of men can the true gospel be preserved against distortion or destruction by its opponents."-Gerald Hawthorne

“This then we would impress upon your minds as a matter of indispensable necessity. There will of course, amongst a number of persons whose former views, habits, and dispositions have been so different, arise many occasions of difference, perhaps also of dissatisfaction and disgust: but Christians should regard the smallest symptom of disunion, as they would the beginnings of a conflagration in the house wherein they dwelt: every one should have his personal feelings swallowed up in an attention to the common cause. All should have one object, and unite their efforts to accomplish it, and banish in an instant whatever might obstruct their exertions for the general good.”-Charles Simeon

III. Those Worthy of the Gospel are....

IV. Those Worthy of the Gospel Rejoice in.....

Four Reasons Suffering is a Privilege:

1) Suffering for Christ is .....

2) In Our Suffering we Experience ....

3) God is Sovereignly Working our Suffering to Good

4) We are Promised Eternal Reward