FACING THE NEW WITH THE OLD

                                                         GENESIS 12:1-4, JUDE

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

Whether it be the New year, a new day, a new job, new challenges or new problems the child of God can face them with a certainty, a peace, a comfort, an assurance with the Lord on his side, at his side and inside!

 

I. FACE THE NEW YEAR WITH THE OLD FAITH (older than Abram) [Gn. 12:1, 2:4, Jude 3]

 

1. Face the New Year with Christ the Saviour [Jude 3-4, 25]

 

2. Face the New Year with Christ the Keeper [Jude 1, 24; 1 Peter 1:3-5, 2 Tm. 1:12]

 

3. Face the New Year with Christ the Coming One [Jude 14, 24]

 

II. FACE THE NEW YEAR WITH THE OLD BOOK, THE WORD OF GOD [Gn. 12:1, 4]

 

1. Read it Faithfully [Jude 3-5, Isaiah 34:16, Job 23:12]

 

2. Read it Fully [Jude 5, 7, 11, 17-18]

 

3. Read it to Feed [Job 23:12, Jude 20, Acts 20:32, Ephesians 2:20, Colossians 2:7]

 

III. FACE THE NEW YEAR WITH THE OLD WAYS [Jeremiah 6:16]

 

1. Be a Prayer Warrior [Jude 20, Lk 18:1, Eph. 6:10-18]

 

2. Be a Powerful Witness [Jude 3, 22-23]

 

3. Be a Persistent Worshipper [1 Tm. 3:15, Acts 14:27, 1 Corinthians 11:17-18, 20, 33-34, 14:23, 26]

 

Notice with all the problems they had Paul didn’t say stop coming- he merely worked to straighten out the problems.