A CONTRAST IN TRUSTS (Sunday Morning, April 5th)

INTRODUCTION:

A. It is better to trust in the Lord (Ps. 118:8).

B. The Gospel is a message of trust.

I. CONTRAST BETWEEN TRUSTING IN GOD AND TRUSTING IN MAN

A. Jeremiah 17:5-8

B. Faith Contrasted

Relationship: Cursed Blessed

Cause: Trusts in Man Trusts in God

Result: Bush in Desert Tree by Stream

C. Chart in greater detail

Cursed – “render powerless” (Gen. 3:14, 17; Num. 22:6ff)

Blessed – “endue with power” (Jas. 1:17; Num. 6:24-27; Dt. 27-28)

Bush (Jer. 17:5-6; Prov. 13:15)

Tree (Jer. 17:7-8)

II. APPLICATION

We know where we want to be…on the side of blessing.

How do we get there?

Faith (Hb. 11:6)

Repentance (Acts 17:30)

Baptism (Eph. 1:3; Gal. 3:27)

Walk in the light (1 Jn. 1:7)

How do we demonstrate trust in the Lord?