| Another Sermon Outline by Brian A. Yeager |
| If We Let Him Thus Alone, All Men Will Believe On Him |
I. Introduction:
II. Body: They didn’t want the cause of Christ to continue (John 11:48).
- A. Following the resurrection of Lazarus, we find our lesson (John 11:45-57).
- 1. Miracles existed as a method of confirmation (Mark 16:15-20 and
Hebrew 2:3-4).
2. Those with open hearts will receive what is proven (Luke 8:15).
3. The opposite is true of those who have not honest hearts (Mark 3:1-6).
4. Folks, miracles didn’t affect hardened hearts even among “believers”
(Mark 6:39-54).
- B. Certainly, we can tell that the “religious leaders” hated Jesus (Matthew 12:
14, Matthew 22:15, Mark 14:1, Luke 19:47-48, Luke 22:2, and John 5:16-18;
cf. John 8:37; 40).
- 1. People could see the difference (Matthew 7:28-29).
2. We need to understand that some think they’re doing God service
when fighting against the truth (John 16:1-3).
II. Body: They didn’t want the cause of Christ to continue (John 11:48).
- A. Truth cannot be left alone by the adversary (vs. 48), for it will convert and
build up an honest heart (Psalms 19:7, Psalms 51:13, Isaiah 55:10-11, Acts
13:6-12, Acts 19:20, Acts 20:32, Romans 1:16, Colossians 1:3-6, I
Thessalonians 2:13, James 1:18, and I Peter 1:22-25).
- 1. We can see the fear of truth spreading even after Christ died
(Acts 4:1-22, Acts 5:14-29, Acts 17:1-13, Acts 19:21-36, Acts 21:28-
31, and I Thessalonians 2:14-16).
2. Fear not, we shall not let the truth be bound (II Timothy 2:8-9).
- B. The fight of the adversary is so desperate that they’ll destroy Christ and all
that is good to keep things they way they are (vs. 48-50 and Mark 11:18).
- 1. Man does not want to change and this is their fuel for hating the truth
(II Chronicles 24:18-22, II Chronicles 36:11-17, and John 3:19-21).
2. We’d better watch out when we stand aright (Matthew 10:16-18).
- a. Churches dividing (I Corinthians 1:10-13; 3:3).
b. Preachers losing support (Philippians 4:11-18).
c. Family, co-workers, employers, etc. (Luke 21:15-17).
- C. The wicked will plot long and hard against the just (vs. 53-57).
- 1. They’ll plot, not knowing their day comes (Psalms 37:12-18).
2. They think they’ll shut us up (Jeremiah 18:18; cf. Jeremiah 5:11-14).
- A. Have you lived the kind of life that the devil cannot leave alone (Luke 22:28-
31)?
B. Are you a threat to those who pursue and engage in evil (Acts 13:44-51)?
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tool for your own studies if such is helpful! Preachers are welcome to this work, but please do not
use my work so that you can be lazy and not do your own studies. – Brian A. Yeager