Central Church Sermons
(Audio Only)
Feb 25, 2013
2013-02-24-0830 Pastor Loran Livingston is the speaker this
morning February 24th 2013 in the 8:30 service.
Scripture: Hebrews 12:14; Romans 14:14-19; James 3:16-17; Ephesians
4:1; Psalm 25:21; 26:1; 101:2-3
Topic: Peace
Notes:
- The purpose of God is that everything is for eternity
- God will not be found in the spectacular or majestic, or evident
in the flamboyant
- God does not dwell in buildings made with hands; money wasted to
build great cathedrals and high tech buildings that could feed the
hungry...
- Once sought to be a great pulpiteer; the greatest sermons are
preached in hospital rooms, the E.R., cancer ward, ICU, orphanages,
courtrooms, at home
- A God of the grit, guts, and grime...
- Paul’s greatest message was in Athens when he was stirred by
idolatry
- Moses met God after 40 years in the desert when God appeared in a
burning bush
- We look for God in buildings, among other Christians or from the
pulpit... He waits till your life is all to pieces and you don’t
know what you believe anymore
- We’ve made Christianity into a western religion to accommodate
our feelings and beliefs. We are desperate to be affirmed for
who we are
- We don’t understand sacrifice. God wants flesh disposed of with
dung... same to Him
- What we would throw away is valuable to God; what man praises is
an abomination... whatever man does is opposite of what God
requires
- Being a peacemaker is about dying, giving up, surrendering with
nothing to prove
- You’re not a son of God because you’re a fighter. He called
us to lie down and die
- There is nothing unclean of itself (tobacco)
- Walk worthy of the calling; live a life that pleases Him and stop
fighting
- Walk with a perfect heart... in integrity... to please God in
everything