Last week I preached at my old youth pastor’s current church, and the title of my sermon was “Jesus Doesn’t Care.” I talked about 5 things that Jesus doesn’t care about. Here are my notes:
Do you know what airplane talk is? It is when you sit down and talk about stuff that really doesn’t matter to the other people. I’ve been on 8 airplanes this month, and each time I sit down, I think about airplane talk. It’s the small talk you make with the people that are sitting around you that you don’t really think is all that important. Sometimes, I’m sitting there thinking that I don’t really care about what they are telling me. I am just listening to them to be nice or to make the time pass, but really the stuff we talk about is stuff that I don’t care about.
- About your past. – Ephesians 2:1-8; Psalm 103:12
- Paul – was a murderer and persecutor of the church, yet he became a great apostle who is credited with writing 13 NT epistles.
- Philippians 3:13-14 – Forgetting what is past, I PRESS ON…
- About your family religion.
- Josiah was a good king, but his father Manasseh was an evil, wicked king. – 2 Kings 21-22
- About your wealth (or social status). – Acts 10:34 – (Benz or Bus; Porsche or Pinto; mansion or motel 6)
- In fact, the more money you have, the bigger the barrier is to living the life God wants you to live. (Matthew 19:23-24)
- God is not a respecter of people.
- About your good deeds.
- The Bible compares our good deeds to filthy rags. – Isaiah 64:6
- You are not saved by works – Ephesians 2:8-10
- Example of Edgar and explaining why we do good deeds.
- About your knowledge.
- The devil believes, too – James 2:19
- It is not necessary to understand everything about God in order to trust Him.
I like the outline. plus the title really draws people in to find out what it is that Jesus doesn’t care about.
Thanks, Mike. I hope it kept people’s attention. It’s always funny to share the title and watch the people react.
but we have lots of problems every day
why does jesus dont solve them???
why do we feal alone and hopless in life?
why do we feel sad all the time?
does jesus really care of me?
so why does he leave me mooving from bad 2 worse?
plz answer me
@whatever…I answered in an email.
I have a very loaded question:”Why the dark before the dawn?”
The word “dark” represents the nighttime or it could also mean pure evil. The word “dawn” represents the coming sunrise or it could also mean hope and/or the Lord’s light and rewards. I heard this in a song and thought it to be very powerful and deep meaning. There is absolutely no doubt that there is a GOD.
But,the terrible things that go on in the world that just makes me put my head down in great,great sorrow and wonder WHY it is purposely allowed to go on.I climb the rooftop and scream into the sky……”why?…why the dark before the dawn?”.
That’s a great question that I have struggled with often and still do. I think that the problem of evil (If there is a God, why is there evil in the world) has been debated/discussed in theological circles for a long time.
I’m going to write a post on this soon. Thanks for contributing to the conversation.