RESIGN OR RE-SIGN

1 KINGS 19:1-4                                                  

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. WHAT CAUSES US TO WANT TO GIVE UP?

1. The World [Tm. 4:9-10] 

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

2. The Flesh [1 K. 19]

3. The Devil [Lk. 22:31-32, Jn. 21:3] 

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

II. WHY CAN'T WE GIVE UP?

1. The Cause is Too Great! [1 Sm. 17:24,29; 2 Sm. 12:14, Ps. 51:10-14] 

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

2. The Cost is Too Great! [Rm. 14:7, 10-13]

3. The Christ is Too Great! [Rm. 14:8-9, 11]

III. WHAT CAN WE DO IF WE HAVE GIVEN UP?

1. Get Forgiveness. [1 Jn. 1:9] 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2. Get Focused! [Heb. 12:1-3]

3. Get Familiar! [Ps. 119:9-16]