THIS PERSUASION

Galatians 5:1-10

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. TROUBLESOME PERSUASION

1. Persuaded to Join the World [2 Chr. 18:1-2, 19:2]

-Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

-And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

2. Persuaded to Choose a Sinner over the Saviour [Mt. 27:20]

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

3. Persuaded to Do Wrong [Acts 14:19]

And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

 

II. TRUE PERSUASION

1. Persuaded by the Word [Lk. 16:31, Heb. 11:13]

- And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

- These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

2. Persuaded by Grace [Acts 13:43, Rm. 15:14, 2 Tm. 1:5]

- Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

- And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

-When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

3. Persuaded by Reason [Acts 18:4, 19:26]

- And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

- Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

 

III. THE APOSTLE’S PERSUASION

1. He was Persuaded that God Keeps His Word [Rm. 4:21]

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

2. He was Persuaded that God Keeps His People [Rm. 8:38]

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

3. He was Persuaded that God is Able! [2 Tm. 1:12]

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.