THE DANGER OF CARELESS LIVING

JUDGES 18:1-2, 7-11, 27-31                                                Pastor Rick Jackson

A woman in Chattanooga let her 4 year old run around without supervision. She was careless- he was hit by a car. A woman in Pittsburg wanted her 2 year old son to see wild dogs at the zoo so she picked him up over the fence and he wrenched out of her grasp. Now she is suing the zoo for the death of her child. Carelessness on her part.

I. LIVING WITHOUT CONTRAINTS IS CARELESS [Judges 18]

 

1. They Live in a Fantasy of Safety

 

2. They Live in a Foolishness of “Freedom from Rules”

 

3. They Live on an Island of Idiocy

 

II. LIVING WITHOUT CONVICTIONS IS CARELESS – The person without convictions fails to see the importance of:

 

1.  The Incarnate Word of God [Lk. 12:16ff]

 

2. The Written Word of God [2 Timothy 2:15, 3:15-17]

 

3.  The Assembled Worship of God [Heb. 10:25, 1 Timothy 3:15]

 

III. LIVING WITHOUT GOALS IS CARELESS

 

1. The Person Without Goals Accomplishes Little [Phil 3:13-19]

 

“Blessed is he that aims at nothing for he will hit it”

 

2. The Person Without Goals Displeases the Saviour [Mt. 25:14-30]

 

3. The Person Without Goals Doesn’t Know When He is Finished [2 Tm. 4:6-8]