081. Jesus, A Dictator
081. Jesus, A Dictator
81 JESUS A DICTATOR
INTRODUCTION Different forms of government and ruler; none so arbitrary as Jesus; yet none so kind .
I. GOD A JEALOUS GOD 1. God will not share with any other. (Exodus 20:5.) 2. He must have the whole part or none.
3. He is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:29.) 4. Will destroy all that oppose him. ll. MUST DO EXACTLY HIS WILL 1. Must not add to, take from, or substitute.
2. Many examples of condemnation for departing from his will.
3. He is strict and exacting .
Ill. CANNOT BE NEUTRAL 1. If not for him, against him. (Luke 11:23.) 2. No salvation out of him. (Acts 4:12 .) 3. Cannot serve two masters. (Matthew 6:24.) 4. If not his friend, his foe.
IV. BROAD-MINDEDNESS 1. Mistaken ideas of tolerance.
2. "Broad-mindedness" a cheap counterfeit.
3. Lazy thinking will not pass.
4. Difference between broad-minded and scatter-brain.
V. CENTRIPETAL AND CENTRIFUGAL FORCES 1. Centripetal brings to Christ.
2. Centrifugal flees from him .
3. "All things hold together" in him. (Colossians 1:17.) VI. CONFLICTING LOYALTIES 1. In Christ all harmonize.
2. Men group around certain centers of loyalty.
3. Jesus must be center of our loyalties.
4. These must never conflict.